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Three Things Writers Think

Okay, yeah. I know. I'm not the final word on those dwelling in the land of writingdom. I don't speak for all writers, but here are some things I find myself thinking. "Why can't I just focus ?" Everyday life is boring. My inner world is much more interesting to me than what is actually happening. Sometimes, I get so caught up by an idea that I miss the entire conversation someone is trying to have with me. I've come to the conclusion that I have developed a rather convincing autopilot. Half the time when a conversation is over, I don't remember anything about it. Even while at a respectable full-time job, I was always surreptitiously jotting down ideas on the closest scrap of paper. "Unfocused" is an understatement for me.  "Why couldn't I love something else?" I spend hours... HOURS of my life working on my books. Getting the story out of my head and onto something tangible is only step one. Next comes editing and revi...