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  1. One of our writers is in, so to speak, isolation

    Well anyway Isolation is what the French call Solitary Confinement (from Henri Charriere's Papillon). Yes, sadly, one of our contributing writers is currently locked up.

    But that won't stop him from writing. He will be mailing me his material, to be posted online! He might even be more prolific now that he has the time to concentrate.

    Well, why not? Many fine books
    have been written in prison.
    -Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
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  2. Weary in the evenings

    For example tonight, I did write up a little anecdote, a little tidbit, on something that struck me today.
    http://www.truepassage.com/forums/an...le-street.html

    but by and large - I'm beat! It's 11:30pm and I'm not going to be writing much more tonight. Will take care of some business that had best be completed before tomorrow, watch some TiVO, "tear it up" and then have, as Charlie Sheen might put it, a restful sleep.

    But ...
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  3. The only way to write - is to write

    I've found that the best way to get something down on paper, is to just do it. Write, write, write - regularly.

    Each of us has an optimal time when our creative juices are flowing and our writing is sharpest. For me, this is morning - before I attend to the day's work, emails, phone calls - before I do anything much else, even eat breakfast.

    But the most important key to writing is to simply set aside the time for it, BEFORE the day's exigencies swallow up your time. ...