Malcolm Gladwell once said, “Writing is not the time-consuming part. It’s knowing what to write about.” This rings true long before you ever put pen to paper—or fingers to keyboard in our case!

Mr. Rosenblatt is the author of “Unless It Moves the Human Heart: The Craft and Art of Writing,” as well as, most recently, “A Steinway on the Beach: Wounds and Other Blessings.” See more of our ...

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