Look it Up Before You Write It



The word you are looking for is "epiphany," not "chimera." There is a difference. You want to write like Kerouac, you need to get the words correct. It would also help to drink yourself blind, shoot heroin through your eyeballs, and have zero literary talent--a few doses of thorazine might help, too-- but that's more advice from me than you actually asked me for.



(Whoo. Thanks for listening to that. I'm working on my tact. That was version B of the advice I gave. Version A was much nicer and more constructive.)