“Everything is copy.” - Nora Ephron

Recently quoted by Taylor Swift, this idea from the American writer Nora Ephron stopped me for a moment to reflect on its veracity--and I have to say, I agree. Everything that happens in a writer’s life becomes grist for the mill: good, bad, meh, silly, sad, heartbreaking. Everything. James Baldwin cautioned all writers to “Just keep writing.” Several authors have boldly stated that if you don’t write every day, you can’t consider yourself a writer. Stephen King has a routine, as does Anne LaMott (“One hour, or one page, one passage, one day at a time”).

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