So, the other day on Twitter I summoned up a tweetstorm about writing and publishing and the advice I gave to a power company worker who came here the other day to change out a meter.
BEHOLD THE LURID TALE.
(Original link to Storify here, if you need it.)
alyssabethancourt says:
BUT WHAT IF WE’RE LACTOSE INTOLERANT, CHUCK? WHAT DO WE DO THEN???
August 23, 2016 — 8:11 AM
william a cade says:
Gee, that was the longest Twitter thread, that I ever read. I think it was over done. Some.
August 23, 2016 — 8:50 AM
terribleminds says:
Gee, that was the most worth less comment, that I ever read. I think it was poor ly written. Totally.
August 23, 2016 — 9:07 AM
Kevin Carpenter says:
I think I caught most of it when you first tweeted it, nice to see it all collected here. Really drives home that the hardest part is the perseverance. First in starting, then in carrying through and finally in finishing. Thanks again for sharing.
August 23, 2016 — 9:13 AM
Rebecca Douglass says:
“Write more. Finish stuff.” Yeah, if you can’t do those two, none of the rest is going to happen.
August 23, 2016 — 11:27 AM
jkflickinger says:
Bought and read “Invasive”. One question….WTF!!!!!.Did you embed an electronic pulse in my Kindle to make the reader itch all over once beginning to read your book. I haven’t stopped scratching. Seriously! Just typing the title makes me itch all over. DAMN YOU, CHUCK WENDIG!!!!!!!!! (also seriously…..great story)
August 23, 2016 — 11:30 AM
terribleminds says:
Automagic formication!
August 24, 2016 — 9:44 AM
Steve says:
It’s the best thing I learned as a real estate agent — you must learn to tolerate, or even enjoy (I can be a perv if I want to) rejection! Sorry, but I can not reject this thesis. Nicely said!
August 23, 2016 — 1:07 PM
AnastasiaM says:
I don’t understand why everyone is in such a twist. Success in writing as in anything, takes hard work and perseverance and most of all finishing creative projects. I have trouble with the whole finishing thing. But that is my issue. It isn’t Chuck’s fault that he named it as the fatal flaw it is. In fact it’s inspiring me to be less lame and actually finish a couple of essays and a short opening that are at about the 70 percent mark. Truth is truth and a spade remains a spade even if it’s not covered in cumin Gouda.
August 23, 2016 — 1:25 PM
jademwong says:
You and your twitter threads Chuck, never fail to crack me up.
August 23, 2016 — 2:43 PM
janinmi says:
What a delightful Storify to read whilst in the clutches of another ulcerative colitis flare-up. Shittin’ pants, I wearz dem. Great advice as always, Mr. W; I keep reading your blog in the hope that some of your words will begin sinking into my brain. No meter movement yet, alas. Not down to you, of course, that’s all on me.
August 23, 2016 — 3:41 PM
jeffo says:
Nicely stated.
August 23, 2016 — 6:16 PM
disperser says:
So . . . I should be writing instead of reading blogs?
Hmm . . . novel idea. Get it? Novel . . . nevermind.
August 24, 2016 — 12:16 AM
Stella Wood says:
PREACH!!!!
August 31, 2016 — 12:00 AM