Original posting 4 August 2008

From Telling Lies for Fun & Profit by Lawrence Block

How do you decide what to write?

1. Check out the options. What are the possibilities?
2. You need to be able to read it. If you hate reading it, you probably can't write it.
3. Identify with the writer. When you read it, can you see writing it?

Look around. Find out what you like to read. Then find out what you know you want to write.

After that, of course, comes the tricky part. You gotta write.

Start your day with a look around, and end with a word written down.