Desire Fuels Writing

The physical stamina to write comfortably for a lifetime, a personal space like Tash'a Tudor's garden, and the ability to maintain it all. That's all I desire. Because I'll be happy until the day I die if I have that.

It's a truly wonderful day to imagine a simple and happy life of writing.

▶ Charles Dickens was paid per word, so he kept increasing the word count, which resulted in the creation of the famous passages in the novel, <A Tale of Two Cities>, which has sold over 200 million copies worldwide.

▶ I'm not trying to say that difficult times always lead to happy endings. I'm talking about aspects of myself that I wouldn't have experienced if I hadn't been so desperate. If I can say that money isn't everything, then that's a happy life. But whether it's money or anything else, being on the 'edge of a cliff' doesn't necessarily make you unhappy. It suddenly makes you desperate.

▶'Study like a scholar and live like a fairytale protagonist.' is a valuable maxim.

-Ryu Si-hwa, My Life Wasn't What I Thought, Suo Seojae