The Passion for the Job, Part 1

How do you keep going as a writer? When I was starting out as a young writer, keeping-going was the easy part. It’s harder now.

And yet when I turn to the page, I find myself writing with as much joy as ever, and with a good deal more appreciation.

It didn’t come easily. There were years when I would sit down to write, and the discouragement was just too big.

Which brings me to What About the Baby?: Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction, Alice McDermott’s craft book

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