The Five-Minute Trick

Cross-posted to the Deadline Dames. Where there are games, prizes, and sometimes pie!

This is not a magic trick, but it is responsible for a great deal of my productivity, writing or otherwise. It's also responsible for a great deal of my success with exercise (such as it is). Your mileage may vary, of course, and before we get into it I'm going to talk a little bit about my aims and goals when it comes to writing.

I write because I have to; I've been doing it all my life to make sense of the w...