When You Sit Down to Write--Write

Here's a short list of what not to do when you sit down to write. Don't answer the phone. Don't look at e-mail. Don't go on the Internet for any reason, including checking the spelling of some obscure word, or for what you might think of as research but is really a fancy form of procrastination. Sit down and stay there. Get used to the discomfort. Make some kind of peace with it.

Dani Shapiro, Still Writing, 2013