The one thing nobody ever tells you about writing a novel is that, for the longest time, you feel...

The one thing nobody ever tells you about writing a novel is that, for the longest time, you feel like you’re hardly making any progress.

Then—one day—the book is done.

The thing you worked on for so long is out of your hands, and it feels like saying goodbye to a dear friend.

If you think you’re going to be stuck working on that book forever/project—you won’t. Keep at it, keep working on it, and one day you too will wake up one day and feel this strange sadness.

And I promise you that’s a good thin...