Wolfe

Greg Montalbano OPSGMM at uccvma.ucop.edu
Thu Jul 18 12:12:11 CDT 1996


Thanks;  I'll check it out.

I was always impressed by the fact that Wolfe was one of the few writers
who ever claimed that there was an advantage to having a day job;  while
most full-time writers will spend hours sharpening pencils, organizing
their desks, playing games & generally doing ANYTHING but writing, he
claimed that having only a two hour window each day in which to write
could be a powerful incentive to by-God WRITE, no matter how many
distractions were trying to claim his attention.
I'm afraid my few attempts at writing put me in the former group.
Sort of reminds me of my Baltimore friend, who is fond of quoting
"Writing is easy;  you just stare at the blank page until droplets of
blood form on your forehead."





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