Last summer I went away to a cabin by myself. My goal was to complete the memoir I’d been working on for two years. I didn’t realize that my weekend in the middle of the woods would also teach me the art of doing nothing. While I was there, I had no internet access, no …
1. Begin writing with no outline whatsoever. 2. Use a half-ass system of marking quotations you might want to use. (See below.) 3. Forget to cite the quotations as you write the book. 4. Go back after the book is finished to add all the citations. (Which also means occasionally scanning over page after page …
. . . finding the time. . . . saying it in a way no one has said it before. . . . believing that your words are good enough. . . . knowing when your words aren’t good enough and you need to revise. . . . coming up with a title. . . …
