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\u201cI hate to write, let\u2019s confess that right now. It\u2019s damn hard to do, and it\u2019s not fun. It never gives back as much as you give because you never know if it\u2019s good enough. Waking up every morning to go to your desk at 4 or 5 am, praying that the phone will ring with someone to distract you. But even more than being very difficult and powerful work–and I don\u2019t think we talk about this enough–is writing a skill that can be learned or be made better? Sure. But it\u2019s like I say to my classes, \u2018You all can write, but do you have something to say?\u2019 People with an ability to write are a dime a dozen, but it\u2019s rare to be able to have something to say, something to tell the world. It\u2019s pretty scary and pretty daunting and it\u2019s something that takes a lot of courage to do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"