“The impact of any particular writer on your own work is hard to discern.” HardParticularImpact Author:Daniel Alarcon
“I think probably the thing I'm worst at is the most ephemeral stuff, like blogs. I find it really hard to write. And I'm often been asked to write columns for papers in Peru. And I can't. I would die. There's no way I could write a column.” ThinkingWayWritingI CanHardDiesStuffWorstPaperPapersBlogsColumnsEphemeralPeru Author:Daniel Alarcon
“I have to really think hard about how to structure sentences, and do more mapping when I sit down to write, so it does impose a certain discipline, intellectual and linguistic.” ThinkingWritingDoeHardCertainDisciplineIntellectualStructureSentencesMapping Author:Daniel Alarcon
“Writing an op-ed feels like I'm taking the SAT. It's so hard. It feels like homework. And if it feels like homework, it just doesn't get done.” IfsFeelsWritingHardDoneSatHomework Author:Daniel Alarcon