HA!\n\nalways knew you were a quitter\n\n\n\n*the end
<<if $self_loathing eq 0>>\n\n<<set $self_loathing = $self_loathing + 1>>\n[[stop making excuses|NoWriting]]\n<<else>>\n\n<<if $self_loathing eq 1>>\n\n<<set $self_loathing = $self_loathing + 1>>\n[[Stop making excuses|NoWriting]]\n<<else>>\n\n<<if $self_loathing eq 2>>\n\n<<set $self_loathing = $self_loathing + 1>>\n[[STOP making excuses|NoWriting]]\n<<else>>\n\n<<if $self_loathing eq 3>>\n\n<<set $self_loathing = $self_loathing + 1>>\n[[stop MAKING excuses|NoWriting]]\n<<else>>\n\n<<if $self_loathing eq 4>>\n\n<<set $self_loathing = $self_loathing + 1>>\n[[stop making EXCUSES|NoWriting]]\n<<else>>\n\n<<if $self_loathing eq 5>>\n\n<<set $self_loathing = $self_loathing + 1>>\n[[STOP MAKING EXCUSES|NoWriting]]\n<<else>>\n\n<<if $self_loathing eq 6>>\n\n<<set $self_loathing = $self_loathing + 1>>\n[[STOP MAKING EXCUSES, YOU WORTHLESS BITCH|NoWriting]]\n<<else>>\n\n<<if $self_loathing eq 7>>\n\n<<set $self_loathing = 0>>\n[[WORTHLESS BITCH|NoWriting]]\n<<endif>><<endif>><<endif>><<endif>><<endif>><<endif>><<endif>><<endif>><<endif>>\n\n\n\n
<<silently>>\n<<set $self_loathing = 0>>\n<<endsilently>>\n\n[[So you say you're a writer.|NoWriting]]\n
<<display RealStart>>\n\n
by Michelle Clough
The Cycle
\n<<if $self_loathing eq 0>>\n\nwhy are you not writing\n\n<<else>><<if $self_loathing eq 1>>\n\nWHY are you not writing\n\n<<else>><<if $self_loathing eq 2>>\n\nwhy are you NOT writing\n\n<<else>><<if $self_loathing eq 3>>\n\nwhy are you not WRITING\n\n<<else>><<if $self_loathing eq 4>>\n\nwhy ARE you not writing\n\n<<else>><<if $self_loathing eq 5>>\n\nwhy are YOU not writing\n\n<<else>><<if $self_loathing eq 6>>\n\nWHY ARE YOU NOT WRITING\n\n<<else>><<if $self_loathing eq 7>>\n\nWHY ARE YOU NOT WRITING\nWHY ARE YOU NOT WRITING\nWHY ARE YOU NOT WRITING\nWHY ARE YOU NOT WRITING\nWHY ARE YOU NOT WRITING\n\n<<endif>><<endif>><<endif>><<endif>><<endif>><<endif>><<endif>><<endif>>\n\n\n[[I don't have time.|Excuse]]\n[[I don't know what to write about.|Excuse]]\n[[I have to research my idea first.|Excuse]]\n[[I'd rather do other things.|Excuse]]\n[[I need to be in the mood.|Excuse]]\n[[I can't decide which of my ideas to focus on.|Excuse]]\n[[I'm lazy.|Excuse]]\n[[I don't think my writing is very good.|Excuse]]\n[[I will, when I get round to it.|Excuse]]\n[[I'm going out tonight.|Excuse]]\n[[I'm tired.|Excuse]]\n[[I'll never be successful.|Excuse]]\n[[I'm not sure if I want to be a writer.|Excuse]]\n[[Well, I have been writing some fanfic...|Excuse]]\n[[I need a quiet place with no distractions.|Excuse]]\n[[The stars are not in alignment.|Excuse]]\n[[I'm afraid of taking the plunge.|Excuse]]\n[[There is nothing inside me to share.|Excuse]]\n[[I don't know, okay?|Excuse]]\n[[What business is it of yours?|Excuse]]\n\n\n[[Screw this. I quit.|Quit]]\n