Are You Writing, or Are You Dreaming of Writing?

I met a bartender who wanted to write a screenplay.

These people always suck me in for a second before revealing how lost they really are, how much a waste of time they’ve really been.

I met him when I moved to Seattle, and he asked, of course, “What do you do?”

His eyes lit up when I said “writer”, and he asked, of course, “What kind of writing do you do?”

Encouraged by his bright eyes, I explained my work in journalism, blogging, and ebooks for writers.

Then he said, “Oh, I was hoping you wrote...