"Oh, crap," you say. Here is another person telling me what to do. Yes, I am telling you what to do. I am telling you to write every day. Your neighbor will tell you to write whenever you want to. Your neighbor will also tell you when they want you to mow your lawn, or why you should switch to …
writing advice
Scrub a pot when you don’t know what to write.
When you are not sure what to write, go and scrub a pot. You can think more clearly when you are doing something. It is not practical or productive to wander from room to room staring at the laundry, the dirty dishes, or the unfinished manuscript. Find something physical to do. Perhaps all of …
Kill the dragon Resistance every morning and work on your art
This morning I didn't kill the dragon Resistance. Resistance said to me, at 4:00 a.m. when I woke up in my warm bed, "Oh, Hodges, it is so cold downstairs, why don't you stay in bed. And really now, you don't have a clue what to write about today, so why even bother. You are a horrible housekeeper. …
