Tag: the writer’s life
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Life Is a Filmstrip, Not a Snapshot
We tend to think of life in moments, as if you snap a photo, and that’s your life. Fixed, unchanging. But it doesn’t work that way. Life is more like a filmstrip. It’s constantly in motion. Wherever you are in life right now, next year will be different. It might be better. It might be…
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The Myth of the Peaceful Writer’s Life
I know so many writers who claim that they need absolute silence in order to write. I used to be one of them. As I write this, we’re having a hardwood floor refinished in the room directly above my office. If you’ve never had a floor redone, I envy you. You probably still have your…
LAURENCE MACNAUGHTON 