The Running Writer

Running is very much like writing. It is a solitary, endurance sport. You get up at stupid o’clock, hunker down to the start line and you start putting one foot in front of the other. Or, in the case of writing, one word in front of the other. At first it is refreshing, liberating, and despite being as natural as mother-nature; it is radical. Half way through the exercise it starts becoming attritional, your inner voice starts nagging, like ...