I keep a screw on my desk.I found it on the sidewalk a few summers ago. I w...

I keep a screw on my desk.
I found it on the sidewalk a few summers ago.
I was walking along thinking about the story that I was working on. I was thinking about how I didn’t know what I was doing and I couldn’t imagine how the thing was ever going to work out, how all the pieces were ever going to come together, and then I looked down and saw this unassuming, utilitarian, straightforward screw.
I bent and picked it up.
Holding the screw in my hand, I had a small revelation: it’s work. It’s...