“Very few people talk about it, but writers have to have the stamina of
world-class athletes. The exhaustion of sitting in the one place. The
errors. The retrieval. The mental taxation. The dropping of the bucket
down into the near-empty well over and over again. Moving a word around a
page. Moving it back again. Questioning it. Doubting it. Increasing the
font size. Shifting it around again and again. Sounding it out.
Figuring the best way to leave it alone. Hanging in there as the clock
ticks on. Not conceding victory to the negative. Getting up off the
ground when you’ve punched yourself to the floor. Dusting yourself off.
Readjusting your mouth guard.”
• Editorial Comment: I wonder what's in the fridge?
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