Everything I know about writing I learned from riding my bike

Everything I know about writing I learned from riding my bike

I’m being hyperbolic, of course, and I know I’m far from the first person to draw a parallel between athletics and creative practice. But still, it stands out to me that the motivation and drive I built up training for high level competition, is the exact same thing that gets me to write every morning. So here’s the trick, I think, in a nutshell. Just show up. When you’re tired, when you don’t want to, when you’re excited, when you’re ...