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Reblog if you have an imaginary life inside your head
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Life can be so much fun.
It is a miserable thought, to realise that some writers died thinking they were failures. Writers whom we still study to this day - they were insecure too. They were criticised, told they were incapable of writing poetry. Keats believed his poetry would never become widely read. On his tombstone he wanted it to be known that his name was ‘writ in water’ - he believed his name would die out, like ripples in a pond. And yet he will never know how his poetry spread like wildfire not long after his death. He will never know that his works are studied now, after almost 200 years. He will never know of the legacy that he left behind.
‘Tis sad to think that writers still, unknown authors, think they are failures merely because of the few comments they get from critics in their small circles. ‘Tis sad to think that even teenagers, writers of perhaps outlandish works will be criticised and discouraged merely because a teacher is far too conservative to see past the strange and into the essence of a work.
It is vital to keep writing. And keep showing others outside the circle, because you never know whether or not someone out there will find your works inspirational.
The inscription on Keats’ tombstone.
"My life story is the story of everyone I’ve ever met."
- Jonathan Safran Foer (via languagemagic)
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