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It’s Not About the Orgasm

By Yan • Sep 27th, 2007 • Category: Random Tidbits

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Got this from the Cheshire Kitten Project:

“Writing is like making love. Don’t worry about the orgasm, just concentrate on the process.”
—Isabel Allende

Lately, writing for me (and everything else, actually) has been nothing more than a race to an orgasm. I should just learn to take a deep breath and enjoy the (er-) ride, huh?

Thanks for this, Andrea!

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Yan (a.k.a. Yannie, YanYan) is a young-ish entrepreneur, writer, poet, artist, graphic designer, web geek, lover, friend, daughter, connoisseur, gourmand, amateur chef, coffee addict, control freak, and incessant dreamer. Not necessarily in that order.
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1. Ambo   on September 27th, 2007 at 2:33 am:

   Sorry i am innocent on this topic.

2. Yan   on September 27th, 2007 at 2:35 am:

   What topic? We’re talking about writing, aren’t we? Masyado kang bastos!

3. Ambo   on September 27th, 2007 at 2:43 pm:

   Innocent nga ako sa writing. Di pa nga ako tapos. Iba kasi niisip. Greenminded.

4. akosikai   on September 27th, 2007 at 3:50 pm:

   still waitin’ for that orgasmic experience.. ehem..sa pagsulat! hehehh..

   hoefully i’l have one soooooonnn…

5. Yan   on September 27th, 2007 at 10:05 pm:

   haha. kai. i should talk to mario.

   but that’s not the point. the point is - i was so obsessed with orgasms that i failed to enjoy the process of getting there. you get what i mean?

   it’s like when some women say, “i didn’t climax, but i still had a great time.” - i never could quite understand that. i mean, i used to think that without an orgasm, what’s the point?

   i never had a problem reaching (er-) those heights, but i also stopped looking at the scenery on my way to the top.

   and there are so many pit stops along the way that i should have explored. should have devoured. should have savored.

   you get what i mean?

   and hey, we are still talking about writing, aren’t we?

   

6. akosikai   on September 28th, 2007 at 2:37 am:

   hahaha, i exactly get what you mean
   yan

   havin’ read some of your stuff , i think
   you’ll have more orgasmic trips pa
   and with your style, i know you’ll gonna enjoy every moment of it..

7. Yan   on September 28th, 2007 at 6:00 am:

   thanks, kai. we all get literary epiphanies every now and then that mildly resemble the overpowering, mind-blowing ecstasy of…well…you-know-what.

   

   writing = writhing = writing

   (sometimes the difference eludes me)

   

   yeah, sure, it’s not about the orgasm.

   …but sometimes that’s all there is.

   and that’s okay, too.

   …wahahahahha.

   (inconsistent, much?)

   

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