Up: [[metaphor]] Created: 2024-04-13 This list from > [!user] Phillip Lopate, *To Show and to Tell*, p. 100 - Laboratory - Mirror - Brainstorming tool - Icebreaker - Wailing wall - Junk drawer - Confessional - Postcard to self - Singing in the shower - Jump-start cable - Aide-memoire - Archive - Anthology - Warehouse - Tourist’s camera - Snooping device - Sharpener of observation - Survival kit - Meditation practice - Masturbation - Therapist - Spiritual advisor - Compost bin - Punching bag - Sounding board - Friend > [!Orbit] Phillip Lopate says, > No one can expect to write well who will not first take the risk of writing badly. The writer’s notebook is a safe place for such experiments. > [!Orbit] Robin Black, same thing, different words in *Crash Course* > You cannot write the pages you love without writing the pages you hate. Nothing that you write is pointless, useless, or unnecessary. The product requires the process. The good days may be more enjoyable, but the tough ones are the ones they’re built upon. (p. 115)