“I don't really like to write anywhere but my own apartment. I send a lot of text messages to myself as email when I'm not at home. My texts are usually like, "If I ever break up with my boyfriend I want to date a very angry rapper."” IfsWantWritingHomeMy OwnBreakMessagesAngryRapperApartmentEmailMy BoyfriendText Message Author:Chelsea Martin
“I have hundreds of Word documents filled with pages of one-liners. If I begin to write a story, or if one of my thoughts leads to more than a couple paragraphs of writing, I'll go into these documents and pull out lines that I think would work with it.” IfsThinkingWritingStoriesLinesCouplePagesFilledDocumentsMy ThoughtsParagraphOne Liner Author:Chelsea Martin
“I hide my documents in many different places on my computer, because I often write things that I would never want anybody to read, at least unedited, and I'm paranoid that someone might figure out what the password to my computer is and maliciously read my Word documents. So a lot of the time I lose things I've written and/or completely forget about them.” WantWritingDifferentMightLosesForgetWrittenFiguresComputerDocumentsDifferent PlaceParanoidPasswords Author:Chelsea Martin
“I basically have two ways I start writing. Either I'll start with something about myself, or something that happened to me that seemed important, or I'll start with some idea I have that doesn't have much to do with me. But one will always lead to the other.” WayWritingTwoImportantIdeasHappenedTwo Ways Author:Chelsea Martin
“There is a lot of stuff I write that makes it seem like my intention is to make people think I'm speaking about myself entirely, and it is my intention to make people think that, but that doesn't necessarily mean that's what it is.” PeopleThinkingWritingMeanSeemsStuffIntention Author:Chelsea Martin
“The thing about writing or making art is that I'm not thinking about that stuff while I'm doing it. Like the driver's ed kid, in retrospect I see that that was meaningful, and I felt close to him in that way, but at the time I just thought it was fun to draw, and that's all it was. I think that's what's weird about life and about making art. You have to talk about it later. I guess I should be prepared to talk about it now. That is why I'm here. But again, pass.” ThinkingWritingArtKidsFunArt IsMeaningfulBe Prepared Author:Chelsea Martin
