Tom Harrison’s essay,

”Writing seems like something I should like to do. I like to communicate ideas; I like to conjure up interesting things—or at least things that are interesting to me. I’ve read all manner of books and short stories, workshopped more stories than I can remember, and even get paid to tutor other people on their writing. But for all the ostensible satisfaction I receive from creating a piece of writing, it takes a monumental and extremely rare push of motivation to actually perform the task.” read more…