What to Do When a Deadline Looms and You Are at a Loss What to Write About

Get going on the road to writing (Empty road in Nevada, August 2011)

Last Thursday, I was at a loss what to write for Friday’s blog post. Uninspired, I thought, I’ll just share a collection of phrases I found insightful from a craft book I recently read (Roger Rosenblatt’s Unless It Moves the Human Heart).

However, as soon as I went about doing that, it grew into something else.

First, when I copied Rosenblatt’s observation on Hemingway’s prose, I felt I’d better provide examples.

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