Writing..

Having sharpened all of my pencils and lined them

up together at least twice, having neatly placed

beside my pencils a brand new yellow legal pad,

having visited the bathroom for the third time in the

past twenty minutes, having reminded myself that

I now compose exclusively on the computer and not

with pencil on yellow legal pad, having checked my

e-mail one final tinme just to be sure there wasn't a

note waiting for me from the MacArthur Foundation,

Having cranked up my iTunes Basil Poledouris

soundtrack from Conan the Barbarian as loud as it

should go, having done a final few deep knee bends,

having drained my fourth cup of coffee ( probably

the reason for that third bathroom visit), desperately

hoping that this time the magic would work, I sat

down at my computer, ready to write.

(quoted from: Building Great Sentences DVD series by Professor Brooks Landon)