"Good writing doesn’t come easily, and shouldn’t. It’s not
comfortable, and may be downright excruciating. But here is the great
secret, and never forget it: The moment when you take your pen in hand,
or place your hands on the keyboard, and begin to type, may be the only
time -- the only place on this earth -- where you will know total and
absolute freedom to go anywhere, be anyone, say anything, let anything
happen, with no greater boundaries than your own imagination or
vocabulary."
From "A Letter to Young Writers from Joyce Maynard."









