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Today I want to talk about stillness. And actually, today’s writing prompt isn’t really a writing prompt. What I want you to do is go about your day. Go about your day and don’t actively write. But let the day be absorbed into you. So that tomorrow, when you look at a fresh page, you might make connections where previously you hadn’t.

One of the best things in writing, I find, is free writing—when you just let spurious, unlikely connections spill onto the page.

But don’t do that today.

Do that tomorrow, after you’ve lived today.

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