I DECLARE CREATIVE WARFARE TRILOGY MANIFESTO
2:30AM EST MONDAY 4.10.2017
PEN NAME MACHIAVELLIAN CRICHTON
CHAPTER THREE:
LET US PRETEND, FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS DID NOT MOCK YOUR AMBITIONS. LET US PRETEND, FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS DID NOT LAUGH AT YOUR AMBITIONS. LET US PRETEND, THAT FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS NEVER HECKLED, HARASSED, OR POKED AND PRODDED YOU ABOUT YOUR AMBITIONS.
   LET US PRETEND, THAT WHEN YOU COMMITTED TO LIFE AS AN ARTIST, IT WAS NOT MET WITH SERIOUS RESISTING DEBATE. LET US PRETEND, WHEN YOU CHOSE TO FOLLOW YOUR HEART, THEY DID NOT GIVE YOU HELL FOR IT. LET US PRETEND, WHEN YOU CHOSE TO PURSUE YOUR DESTINY THE WAY IT WAS MEANT FOR YOU, YOU FOLLOWED YOUR HEART, LET US PRETEND YOU RECIEVED 100% SUPPORT.
   LET US PRETEND WHEN YOU CHOSE TO BE LED TO THE LEGACY YOU SO INTENDED FOR YOURSELF YOU WERE NOT SEEN AS STUPID. LET US PRETEND WHEN YOU CHOSE TO SEE YOUR DESTINY THE WAY YOUR HEART SAW FIT, LET US PRETEND 100% SUPPORT WAS POSSIBLE. LET US PRETEND THEY DID NOT BELIVE IN YOUR ASPIRATIONS TO BE THE BEST.
   LET US PRETEND 100% IS ALMOST NOT FEASIBLE OR PLAUSIBLE. LET US PRETEND, THAT WHEN YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO BE THE BEST, BUT YOU WERE NOT IN COLLEGE FOR IT, THEY DID NOT GRIEVE OVER YOUR DECISIONS. LET US PRETEND THEY DID NOT GIVE YOU GRIEF OVER YOUR HEARTFELT DECISION.
   LET US PRETEUS, WHEN YOU CHOSE TO FOLLOW YOUR HEART SEVEN YEARS AGO, YOU DID NOT SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVE AT YOUR CRAFT AND WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW IS IN FACT NOT HAPPENING. LET US PRETEND, WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW IS NOT ACTUALLY HAPPENING. EVEN THOUGH YOU DID NOT REACH THIS POINT OF CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT. LET US PRETEND YOU DO NOT HAVE PROJECTS TO SHOW FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS OF YOUR EFFORT.
   LET US PRETEND WHAT YOU ARE CAPABLE OF NOW, YOU MIGHT NOT BE CAPABLE OF IT EVEN THOUGH YOU STILL FOLLOWED YOUR HEART. HIGHLY UNLIKELY. LET US PRETEND, YOU HAVE NOT BEGAN PROPERLY BRANDING YOURSELF. LET US PRETEND, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN CONDUCTING MARKET RESEARCH FOR YOUR WRITING ON YOUR BLOGS FOR PEOPLE TO OBSERVE THEM AND TO DECIDE ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT YOUR WRITING.
   LET US PRETEND, YOU DO NOT HAVE OVER 100 50-100 PAGE PUBLICATIONS. LET US PRETEND, YOU DO NOT HAVE 10 WRITTEN VERSE NOVELS SELF PUBLISHED. LET US PRETEND, YOU DO NOT HAVE ANOTHER 10 WRITTEN VERSE NOVELS SELF PUBLISHED. LET US PRETEND, YOU DO NOT HAVE ANOTHER 10 NOVELS AFTER THAT SELF PUBLISHED. LET US PRETEND, YOU DO NOT HAVE ANOTHER 10 NOVELS AFTER THAT SELF PUBLISHED.
   LET US PRETEND, YOU DO NOT HAVE 10 SELF HELP BOOKS JUST FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS. LET US PRETEND, YOU DO NOT HAVE ANOTHER TEN SELF HELP BOOKS FOR HIGH SCHOOLERS. LET US PRETEND, YOU DO NOT HAVE A 200PG COLLECTION OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE NARRATIVE AND EXPOSITORY JUST FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS. LET US PRETEND, YOU DO NOT HAVE A BOOK JUST FOR 9TH GRADERS. LET US PRETEND, 10-12TH GRADERS DO NOT HAVE BOOKS FROM YOU JUST FOR THEM
   LET US PRETEND, YOU DO NOT HAVE PLANS FOR A BOOK FOR THOSE SAME STUDENTS WHEN THEY ARE IN COLLEGE OR THE WORKFORCE. LET US PRETEND, YOU DO NOT HAVE 24HRS OF A VIDEO DIARY FROM 2015 ALONE CONVERTED TO AUDIO. LET US PRETEND, YOU DO NOT HAVE AN AUDIO DIARY FOR 2016. LET US PRETEND, YOU ARE NOT PREPARING YOUR 2017 AUDIO DIARY.
   LET US PRETEND, YOU DO NOT HAVE MORE THAN 10 ACTIVELY SELF PUBLISHING PEN NAMES. LET US PRETEND, EVERY PEN NAME DOES NOT CREATE AT LEAST 10 DIFFERENT VOLUMES OF THOUGHT IN THEIR OWN ARTISTIC PORTFOLIO. LET US PRETEND, EVERY VOLUME OF THOUGHT IS NOT COMPRISED OF THREE VOLUMES. LET US PRETEND, THESE THREE VOLUMES ARE NOT 150 PAGES WHEN COMBINED OR 50 PAGES A VOLUME.
   LET US PRETEND, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN WRITING A 50 PAGE VOLUME OF THOUGHT ONCE A MONTH. LET US PRETEND.