Found in my electronic chapbook.

It is a temptation for novice writers to over-report such subway rides because they”re easy to write about while skimping on more important scenes which are trickier to write. When that subway ride is important – when the hero gets beaten up in its course or shinnies up the third rail or whatever, that”s when you can”t cheat. You”ve got to write about it. p. 153

From Telling Lies for Fun and Profit: A Manual for Fiction Writers by Lawrence Block.

I wrote 1,667 words yesterday morning and my total word count is now 18,674.

Previously…

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