What a Cockroach Taught me about Writing

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“As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.”

It’s important to note that in Franz Kafka’s lead in his arguably best-known work, The Metamorphosis, Gregor is never referred to as a cockroach, only associated with one. Like dunking your cookies in milk, they are gross. I dare you to watch Joe’s Apartment or A Nightmare on…