I think the first thing—if you want to be a writer—the first thing you
need to do is write. Which sounds like an obvious piece of advice. But
so many people have this feeling they want to be a writer and they love
to read but they don’t actually write very much. The main part of being a
writer, though, is being profoundly alone for hours on end,
uninterrupted by email or friends or children or romantic partners and
really sinking into the work and writing. That’s how I write. That’s how
writing gets done.
- Cheryl Strayed
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