Zest. Gusto. How rarely one hears these words used. How rarely do we see people living, or for that matter, creating by them. Yet if I were asked about the most important items in a writer’s make-up, the things that shape his material and rush him along the road to where he wants to go, I could only warn him to look at his zest, see to his gusto.
If you are writing without zest, without gusto, without love, without fun, you are only half a writer.
For the first thing a writer should be is - excited. He should be a thing of fevers and enthusiasms.
• Life is short, misery sure, mortality certain. But on the way in your work, why not carry those two inflated pig bladders labeled zest and gusto.
If you are writing without zest, without gusto, without love, without fun, you are only half a writer.
For the first thing a writer should be is - excited. He should be a thing of fevers and enthusiasms.
• Life is short, misery sure, mortality certain. But on the way in your work, why not carry those two inflated pig bladders labeled zest and gusto.
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