Writing Novels is Hard

NPR has a great series going in honor of National Novel Writing Month: They've interviewed novelists like Neal Pollack, Rita Mae Brown, Joyce Carol Oates, Curtis Sittenfeld, and many others, to find out "how they write, how they overcome writer's block and their best written sentences." Bottom line: It's hard: "Writing a novel is a lot like riding a bike. A bike with no brakes and no gears. You've got one flat tire. Maybe two. If you're on a tricycle, you definitely have three flat tires. You're pedaling up a hill -- a steep, pothole-filled mountain. And the weather? Let's just say it's a dark and stormy night."

But there are ways to make it through. Check it out.