on Jane Friedman site:

Earlier this month, I painted our downstairs powder room.

I had never painted a room before, but I was sick of the plain white, haphazardly decorated space, and it seemed like a good place to try something bold.

As I was working, I realized I could draw a lot of parallels between painting the bathroom and writing a novel. You’ve probably heard me talk about the intersections between writing and other art forms once or a million times, but I’d never considered that a more practical variation of painting—walls as opposed to pictures—could apply, too. But sure enough, I quickly found myself facing very similar challenges to the ones I coach my writing clients through.

Here were my takeaways:

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