tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6967308592064240861.post6456618305938866900..comments2023-10-25T03:32:06.815-07:00Comments on brian's blog: Diary of a Writer: The number one thing that a novelist has to have is...Brian Yanskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338795130182877245noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6967308592064240861.post-35144794103057749382015-03-21T10:56:41.392-07:002015-03-21T10:56:41.392-07:00Thanks, Meredith--I know you're a writing love...Thanks, Meredith--I know you're a writing lover. I think we do fall in love with certain easy moments of writing but like all relationships, they're not all easy...and we still love what we love. The hard ones have a lot of good stuff in them, too. And sometimes we do learn the most from them.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01735802571784550582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6967308592064240861.post-17818544253601208042015-03-20T08:37:20.880-07:002015-03-20T08:37:20.880-07:00Thanks for this, Brian. Today, I agree. This sente...Thanks for this, Brian. Today, I agree. This sentence especially: "What sustains a writer is that passion, that learned love of the act of writing." I love the phrase "learned love." Too often I think we latch on to "falling in love" but sometimes it is a learned thing. We fall in love with the moments when the writing comes easy, but we can learn to love it all, despite the hard parts. Meredith Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06110726958135593736noreply@blogger.com