So You Want To Be A Writer? Don’t Try.

if it doesn’t come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don’t do it.
unless it comes unasked out of your
heart and your mind and your mouth
and your gut,
don’t do it.

Those are the first few words of Charles Bukowski’s poem, so you want to be a writer?

On the surface, it seems to discourage any bright-eyed, wannabe writer. On more in-depth inspection, it’s saying don’t force it…