Why I Don’t Write Every Day

Or every week. Or every month.

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I’ve written thousands of pages in my writing life. Four novels. A memoir. A book of short stories. 15 screenplays. Some poems. Some translations. Some academic articles (academic writing isn’t really writing. It’s paperwork for CV inflation). Writing writing writing.

There’s a lot of advice out there to write every day. Sit your ass down in the chair and…