Elizabeth Gilbert
I keep working, Cynthia. I mean, I might take a break and go to the fridge and eat some cheese for a while, but mostly, I keep working. The only way out, usually, is THROUGH. I will set the kitchen timer for 20 more minutes, and promise myself, "After 20 minutes, you can quit for the day." But I never quit when the impulse to quit first arrises. Also, who gets to decide that the work isn't going "well"? I learned long ago that a "bad" day of writing is still a good day. You have to write through the bad part to get to the good part. As the great reporter David Carr says, "Keep typing till it becomes writing."
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If being a writer were not an option, what other career path would you venture down?
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