How to Face the Blank Page

by Mike Hetzler
  1. Use it like a mirror
  2. Or a magnifying glass
  3. Or a telescope
  4. Let your hand do the work
  5. Find the thing you need to say
  6. Don’t let go of it
  7. Does this make sense?
  8. Cut out all the unnecessarily long lines you wrote in order to fill up empty space (this one can go)
  9. Take Bukowski’s advice and
  10. Don’t try
*Previously published in In Between Hangovers
 

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