Struggles and Breakthroughs

R. K. MacPherson:

Writers often feel like they have to perform on demand. That they must be Dashiell Hammett at all times or they aren’t a writer. Worse, as happened to me, they tried to make being a writer a core component of their identity.

That isn’t sustainable for most people and what happens if it fails? If you don’t write, are you not you?

Read this excellent post by Julie and see if you can identify with the struggles she describes. I certainly could.

Originally posted on Word Flows:

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