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“Don’t Try” – Charles Bukowski’s Advice to Creators

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On leaving the hospital he began producing work prolifically in a literary outpouring that would bring with it the by-product of worldwide fame and success. Such an intense experience obviously isn’t a blueprint for everyone’s creative success but I believe there is something to be gained creatively in having periods of not “trying”.