Sublime

If it’s authentic enough, believe me—it will feel original.

Not only did I learn how to write a novel in Provincetown, I found the perfect person to read it. Elizabeth McCracken was another of the writing fellows at the Work Center that season, and she lived three houses away from me. If I looked out my kitchen window I could see if her light was on. Sometimes you don’t realize what’s lacking in life until

3. Your Creativity Returns

I think about schlepping off the train, sticky with heat, paperbacks and towels tucked into a bag, or freshly printed manuscripts and brand-new Pilot G2s.

as if she had access to some well of wisdom that I’d never thought to drop a bucket into.

“The Day You Became a Better Writer

pellucid,

Maggie Jones