When it warms up and that yellow hose has thawed out, I will fill the horse tank. When I warm up, I will tell you what I know about letting yourself write. The first trick, the one I am practicing now, is to just start where you are. It's a luxury to be in the mood to write. Writing is like breathing, it's possible to learn to do it well, but the point is to do it no matter what.
Writing is like breathing.
I believe that. I believe we all come into life as writers. We are born with a gift for language and it comes to us within months as we begin to name our world. We all have a sense of ownership, a sense of satisfaction as we name the objects that we find. Words give us power.