Robert HassIt's hell writing and it's hell not writing. The only tolerable state is having just written.
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The writer is very frustrated. He wants to write but he cannot. He knows that writing is his profession, yet he has no desire to do it at all. It is very important for the writer to get the words out of his head; it is even more important for him to keep on writing.
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