WRITERS GRIND THEIR GUTS OVER THEIR WORK

The ads say, “Work from home. Set your own hours. Be your own boss. Writers have the best of all worlds.”

Travel the world, soak up the sun, and write about it seems like the message sent.

That’s the chair for those writers at the top. Clear sky, blue water, what else would you want?

Get on it, but keep a few things in mind that only writers know.

I’m 91K words into a book length manuscript about a specific topic, one that Men’s Health recently covered.

Here’s their headline:

Head and Neck Cancers Are on the Rise— and Younger Men Are at Risk

Researchers speculate that the spike is driven by increased rates of the sexually transmitted infection HPV

It’s from November of 2017.

From then until now I’ve been grinding my guts to finish a story that will assist the people afflicted by this badassed disease.

Two years ago guys commented on hpv cancer and sound absolutely stupid, which is a good sign for a memoir to help clear up the misconceptions of acquiring and treating HPV16 throat cancer.

I posted this in comments:

“Good comments and I don’t want to ruin the talk about ass, vagina, or pegging, but if this cancer shows up on you, guess what you’ll be thinking about when you’re bolted to radiation machine or see a black bag of chemo running through a hose into you? My thought was ‘kill cancer, not me.’ And so will yours.”

Why wait until then to figure out the best way forward, because there is no way forward if you don’t start correct. Sure, you’ll look a little different, but inside you’ll a furnace of fear at every new thing.

One comment called the article a scare tactic. Another joked that elbow cancer is just as big a threat as throat and neck cancer.

See where this is heading?

I’m not running up a red flag, but hpv neck cancer will ruin your day. Laugh it up, but once you step in line for the cure things change. The funny guys commenting on the Men’s Health article sound like good time bro’s having a good time.

Their thinking is short sighted on the prevention side of this particular cancer. Beware, my dudes, of the machinery of modern medicine. It looks like it comes from NASA, like a rocket, and the hot end is aimed right at you.

And it burns, burns, burns, this particular ring of fire, so be prepared as best you can.

#1. Ask questions early when you talk to your date to avoid hearing bad answers later.

That’s what writers do, ask questions and find answers. I’ve done it and never run out of ideas. The neck cancer that found me provided one of my best ideas:

How to explain HPV16 cancer threat and treatment surprises to a world with an outward expression of “I don’t know why this interests you,” while behind the scenes the word is, “Do whatever it takes to make it through and you’ll have a chance to live a normal life.”

‘Normal life’ is the key here.

What is normal life for writers? Is it the top picture, or this: