“I’ve found it’s best not to be too finicky about the conditions. I like to listen to music when I write, but I don’t have to. I like to work outside in the fresh air, but I don’t have to. I like to work in public—at a coffee shop, ideally—but I don’t have to. I write when I can, as I can, and when it doesn’t feel right to me, I find something else to do in service of my writing every day. That might mean revising an existing piece, or submitting work to a journal,…” (Maggie Smith, Dear Writer)
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