>      It doesn’t matter what you write, it matters that you write. It doesn’t matter if there are many good sentences. It just matters that in showing up you’ve cleared the way for a single good sentence. There is also simply the fact of habit. That in creating it, in something done everyday at the same time no matter what, you develop some reflexive muscle for doing your work. It becomes automatic in a way, though not necessarily easier. There will always be the in-bed bargaining. The first minutes of sleepy awakeness. But there will also be a goal streak to maintain. A promise with yourself to keep, and simpler than that: a habit that pulls you softly upright in the dark.…