Breathing Is Necessary

Recently I recalled the discussion my chapter mates had years ago concerning our need to write. At that time, none of us could imagine not ever writing. We rose early before our families and wrote. We wrote every spare moment we had throughout the day. We spent time away from non-writer friends and family and wrote. We stayed up late and wrote, often nodding off in mid-sentence. We sacrificed a lot in order to write. We needed to write as much as we needed to breathe.

Today, most of those fri...