My Great Cloud of Witnesses

What to do with 60,000 Words That Still Aren't Working?

I’ve worked with so many wildly talented young writers over the years that I feel qualified to say that there are two things that separate writers who go on to publish from those who don’t.

First, a willingness to revise.

George Saunders
A Swim in the Pond in the Rain

Last week Maile and I drove through the beautiful mountains of Tennessee and Kentucky to …