Rook Riley Ah, the mystical world of writing rituals! As if the process of putting words on paper wasn’t already daunting enough, here comes the magical solution: establish a writing ritual. According to popular belief, this ritual will transform you from a mere mortal with a pen into a literary deity. It’s as if the…
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I Will Take My Beating in Cowed Embarrassment
by Bill McCurry Writing brings out the mental illness in me. My wife can testify to this. I’m in control of my behavior almost all the time. As Mark Twain said, “For business reasons, I must preserve the outward signs of sanity.” If I wake up to find my brain mired like a mammoth in…
How to Write 1,667 Words a Day
So, what you have to do here is… sit down and write. Okay, that’s obvious, right? That’s how writing happens: the idea occurs, you pop open the word processor, wiggle your fingers, and then the words appear. So easy! (I can hear every single writer out there groaning and rolling their eyes right now.) The…