Unsolicited writing advice, no. #1006:
Much of a writer’s creative time is spent away from the desk and screen. Nourish your creativity by consciously experiencing life: by talking to people; asking questions; recording dreams; by noticing sounds, scents, scenes, sensations.

Unsolicited writing advice, no. #1131333:
To those of you who are afraid, know this. Every act of creation is an act of courage. By making art, you are joining the fight. You are the resistance.

Look, listen I say,
open-palmed, empty hearted
This is all I have ever known

"This is where your brain gets better, I promise;
This is where we plug up the drooling."

Same old, same old: I’ve sung this song a dozen times,
In a dozen rooms, cages, beds

I can pass for a good girl on a good day
But on the bad days, well–