ON A GOOD DAY
Duda Owner IONOS • September 3, 2015
Anyone engaged in the writing craft understands you have good days and bad days. That is why I was particularly tickled to read a Writer’s Digest exercise about the subject (October 2015, p. 15). Readers were invited to complete the tweet, “The difference between a good writing day and bad writing day is . . . ”
Here are some of the responses that definitely captured my heart:
- Dependent on my kids’ ability to find me. (@NancyTandon)
- How many Starks you kill. (@stevenspohn)
- One exists, the other doesn’t. (@beth_on_paper)
- About four hours. (@Rusty_Ring)
- The time between paydays. (@lo2hi)
- New words on a page vs. no words on a page. (@mwerner97)
- All in your head. (@imbindassM)
I hope you have a good writing day!
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