Writing Turns Me On

"I made a deal with my muse. I leave her alone and she leaves me alone."

-       poet and author Wendell Berry on the Diane Rehm Show today

Writing turns me on.

No, not like that you perve.  Okay, maybe I should restate that.

I have a writing switch that I turn On and Off.  When it's on I search for narrative threads. I scan for details.  I probe. When it's off I just kind of fumble through life a victim of my scattered brain.  It would be great if I could just leave the switch on and suck all t...