I don't have problems starting writing. I have problems stopping. I'm one of the last dads to arrive at school to collect the kids, because I want to get this paragraph just right.
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Once I start writing, I can't stop.
As a writer, you have to first of all write what you want to. Listen to advice, by all means, but don't get bogged down in it.
You have to relax, write what you write. It sounds easy but it's really, really hard. One of the things it took me longest to learn was to trust the writing process.
Writing is like playing golf - you have to keep working at your swing.
The problem is once you've written the opening paragraph and worked out how the rest of the story will go in your head, there's nothing in it for you. I write in longhand using disposable fountain pens on the right-hand side of the notebook for the first draft, then I rewrite some of the sentences and paragraphs on the left-hand side.
The tough thing about writing is you go into a room alone, you close the door and you do your work.
Every writer I know has trouble writing.
How can you stop writing?
Writing doesn't come easily to me. It gets more and more difficult.
I can't envisage stopping writing.
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