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The most difficult part of writing isn’t writing itself. It’s starting to write.

I cannot share any secrets with you, except the structures that work for me. And those structures don’t work 100% of the time.

This is what I know: I have always had trouble with routine and structure, and yet I’m deeply supported by routine and structure.

Last Friday, in our Inspiration Station writing group, we talked about how difficult it can be to actually write during the time you’ve designated at writing time.

Sometimes, just to make myself feel better, I remember that there was a time pre-internet, when people sat down to write and didn’t have a million distractions at their fingertips.

Then I remember that the human brain is often looking outward. What distracted us before the internet? Books, television, scenes from windows. Children asking for everything. Spouses. Maybe this is why so many famous writers were men whose wives corralled th…

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