Joke time!

Knock knock.

Who's there?

Saving your documents.

Saving your documents, who?

I incorrectly saved my documents on my trial version of Scrivener and subsequently lost a few thousand words.

HA!

(Scrivener is a great product, just make sure you know what the hell you're doing when you use it! It was my fault entirely, not the software. They weren't good words, anyways.)

Advice?

Advice? I don’t have advice. Stop aspiring and start writing. If you’re writing, you’re a writer. Write like you’re a goddamn death row inmate and the governor is out of the country and there’s no chance for a pardon. Write like you’re clinging to the edge of a cliff, white knuckles, on your last breath, and you’ve got just one last thing to say, like you’re a bird flying over us and you can see everything, and please, for God’s sake, tell us something that will save us from ourselves. Take a deep breath and tell us your deepest, darkest secret, so we can wipe our brow and know that we’re not alone. Write like you have a message from the king. Or don’t. Who knows, maybe you’re one of the lucky ones who doesn’t have to. —Alan Watts

(via Neil's tumblr)