Muscle Memory
Writing takes practice, just like hockey, baseball, or public speaking. And like hockey, baseball, and public speaking, I’m way out of shape. First blog post since the beginning of December, nearly six weeks without putting keyboard and brain together, and it gets progressively harder to crank out coherent (let alone amusing) thoughts on anything.
One of my favorite books about writing is Anne Lamott’s “Bird by Bird,” named for direction given by her late father to Lamott’s brother, who had proscrastinated in writing a report on “birds” until the last minute, and then panicked. His advice: Just take it bird by bird, and you’ll get through it. Great advice from a great writer.
So the Snowman is back, slightly more rotund in shape for lack of exercise, round in sound for lack of writing, and stacked three high with ideas that haven’t quite made the cut. I’m going through them, bird by bird.
Tags: Writing