You Don't Have to Write Every Day to "Be A Writer"
aka, Building a Writing Habit While Living with Limitations
a version of this was originally published in Poets & Writers Magazine
To “be a writer” is to spend time writing—along with reading, observing, and finding novel ways to color-catalogue one’s books—but traditional rules about what’s required of writers often assume able-bodied, neurotypical individuals without caretaking responsibilities. Stephen King’s …
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