For people who make their livings as writers, the routine messages of everyday life have to be put together with some care. You don’t want to leave rough drafts lying around. I’ve known novelists for whom the prospect of composing a note asking that a son or daughter be excused from gym that day can bring on a serious case of writer’s block.
Calvin Trillin, in Paper Trials. (via kellyvariant)
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