Writers write, that’s what we do. Fingers on keyboard, eyes straight ahead, type, write, delete, repeat. Routine can smother inspiration, however, and the first 10 pages will suffer as a result. It is easy to become word-count obsessed and champion quantity over quality, so take a moment. Take a walk, even. Go outside and look, really look at what you see. Alice Walker, over to you, and The Color Purple…

[blockquote]I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it.[/blockquote]