Sometimes writing can feel as if I’m making headway one day, only to find myself retreating the next. Two steps forward, one step back. It’s as if I’m swimming effortlessly through the water and then unexpectedly hit a strong current, and everything changes. My pace slows, my arms feel fatigued, my legs weaken, and I fear sinking to the bottom. And then, just as suddenly, the
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By: Bruce Black,
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By: Bruce Black,
on 9/6/2009
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Have you noticed how writing comes in waves?Some days the words flood the page, two- and three-foot high waves that push in from some mysterious part of your imagination, wave after wave, and it can feel as if you are one with the waves, and the words sparkle with sea-spray, and you never want to leave the water.On other days the waves are gentle, baby waves, barely noticeable on the surface of
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