literary career advice

keep an eye open.
keep both.
let a thing catch one.
see it.
view a thing properly.
view a thing improperly.
do either and follow one with the other.
lean back from a thing once seen.
see it again another way.

find a word that describes a thing.
find two words.
find more than a few more words for describing a thing.
describe a thing.
describe it another way.
describe it as if a thing were another thing.
explain a thing.
get that wrong.
explain it again.
explain a thing again.

see a different thing.
see a first thing in a different thing.

listen to what things you said about a thing.
say those things again.
shift a word to make a music of what you said.
make up new words to make a music for a thing.
make an old word sing a thing anew.
sing old songs to a new thing.
sing for sake of singing.
sing for anything.

see a thing and think it is your own.
write a thing and see it is a different thing.
write about a thing that will not ever be your thing.
write about the same thing.
write about the same thing.
write about the same thing.
fall asleep with your head resting on that same thing.

wake up.

rub your eyes.
see everything that looks the same as the other thing.
see nothing that looks like another thing.

assemble your words into things.
print your things on pieces of paper.
give them names.
sign them.