When I'm Working, I'm Not

You Write A Book And You Finish The Book. That's Your Job Done, Right? You Win The Booker And You Have A Whole New Job. You Have To Be The Thing, Right? So Instead Of Writing The Story, You Somehow Are The Story. And That I Found That Sort Of Terrible.

Description Is Hard. Remember That All Description Is An Opinion About The World. Find A Place To Stand.

A Novel Is Written Not To Be Judged, But Experienced.

Only Bad Writers Think That Their Work Is Really Good.

The Writing Day Can Be, In Some Ways, Too Short, But It's Actually A Long Series Of Hours, For Months At A Time, And There Is A Stillness There.