Things That Make It Easier to Write

• Wearing hats

• A room with a view that doesn’t entice one to leave it

• Your blancoat (a coat that is so warm and cuddly that it feels like a blanket but has sleeves and a hood so that if you leave the house for food you appear to be dressed like a normal person)

• No headaches

• The vague belief that well-told stories manifest their fictional realities

• Caffeine of choice

• An internal sea of self-dissatisfaction

• Somebody else’s beautiful creation (ie “Roma”)

• Talent

• Lying to yourself: “You’re almost done,” “You can do this,” “This is going to be amazing”

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