Creating a Sustainable Writing Practice

An interview with New York Times bestselling author and @1000words creator Jami Attenberg

What keeps a writer writing? I’ve been fascinated with that question since I began publishing in 1988 and teaching in 2001.

Some writers start with the momentum of a rocket but can’t sustain it long enough to finish a project. And sustainability is really the key—what makes us reach our writing goals is less about talent than the skill of staying wi…