Why I Don’t Write Even Though I Want To

It’s not failure. It’s learning.

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I used to write when I felt like writing. All writers say you’re not supposed to do that, but this was when I first realized I loved it, so I’d write every day, for no shorter than an hour, and sometimes for up to five hours.

When an idea for a scene popped up, I’d pause what I was doing — even if I was writing…