The “for me” part feels important. There is no one way to write. There is no one reason to write, either.
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I learned to trust my own process over time. It no longer feels scary that 5 minutes before finishing a story still feels like a giant mess.
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Or: Some people need zero internet to write. For me internet-less writing is an exception; I usually look up stuff I am unsure about…
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…or negotiate the landscape with an online dictionary/thesaurus in hand. But that’s a bit later in the process.
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By the way, I don’t like the story right now, but I liked certain moments when writing it. A lot.
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Moments when I felt I came with a beautiful/unique phrase. Moments when I figured something new out while writing.
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Moments when threads or ideas connected with one another in a way I didn’t expect.
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Those moments when language helps you out, or when you help language out, I learned to treasure.
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BTW I am writing right now from a dentist’s chair, waiting for anesthetics to kick in. This is *not* part of the usual writing process.pic.twitter.com/g79ec1Jb5H
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Are you thinking this will become a tweetstorm, blog post, Medium essay, book chapter, article published somewhere?
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