Writing as Therapy ("I shall eviscerate you in fiction" Chaucer; A Knight's Tale)
Writing as Therapy "I shall eviscerate you in fiction" Chaucer; A Knight's Tale One of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite movies (because Paul Bettany's 'Chaucer' was legendary) and today, today when I finally feel I have my life back, this quote resonates even more powerfully. I'm ready to take control again. I'm ready to begin laying the past to rest, to stop permitting myself to walk naked, and stop giving in to the needs of others before my own. " You need to be selfish in order to be selfless," somebody recently said to me, and this is true. "A man who can't swim can't save a drowning man." And sometimes, it takes more courage to say no than to say yes . Meanwhile, what does this have to do with writing and, more specifically, Chaucer's quote? Fair question. I've always been a believer in ' discretion being the better part of valor' . Instead of fighting or being reduced to pointless count