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How John Erickson Writes

How John Erickson Writes

How John Erickson writes is nearly how I write.

Above all, it must be quiet.

Dani Shapiro agrees.

I do have the internet on my computer though.

Fine. Ok. And my cell phone.

I never said I was perfect.

Screening out the noise of popular culture is an important part of my preparation as an author. I do my writing in a small office near my home, and we might describe it as a “sensory-deprived environment.” It has no television, radio, CD player, telephone, or internet access, not even a magazine or newspaper. I have no mirror or pictures on the walls.

-John Erickson, Story Craft (Amazon)

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