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I’ve concluded that over the past year, I’ve deleted far more words than I’ve published or posted. This might make me sound like a very careful writer, someone who measures twice and cuts once, but I’m not this way at all.

I’m really not. Ask me for a couple of tightly written paragraphs and I’m likely to give you 14, and nothing will be tight. I’m at least self-aware enough to understand that this is how it is, and adjust accordingly. I tend to write until I’ve run out of room, time, or caffeine.

My theory is that I’ve lost interest in anything I have to say. You’re goi...