You Don't Need to Write Every Day to Become a Good Writer

On the value of taking your time.

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I’ve been writing for nearly forty years. I’ve had my first poem — a haiku where I likened my mother’s voice to thunder — published when I was six and I’ve been writing the darkest little things since. I’ve had two books — a memoir and a novel — published traditionally and to critical acclaim. Back in 2002, I edited and p…