We call this thing we do “writing,” but actually putting words down on paper is only a fraction of the work. If all it took to write well was the coordination to shape letters with a pen, the world would be packed to its limit with excellent books, and we would all have to retire.…
I’m sure you’ve felt it once or twice. Maybe as you hammered away at the last thousand words of a college paper just before it was due. Maybe after spending all day at work with a juicy scene bubbling away in the back of your mind, when you finally had a chance to sit down…