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Four Things I Learned About Writing by Writing a Book

Six years ago I wrote “For the Love of Writing,” about my love of writing as well as the discipline of it. We think of writing as a romantic, unknowable thing — creative inspiration strikes and we’re off to the races, or it’s suddenly dried up and we have nothing to say. But I don’t think creativity really works this way. I think it’s a lot less sexy than that. It’s mostly about hard work.