Writing from the Driver's Seat

Not as crazy as it sounds

Tucumcari, New Mexico

The word “writing,” as most writers use it, is a species of synecdoche: a small part of something stands in for the whole. While “writing” can and does refer to the act of putting words on paper (or screen), this is only the tip of the iceberg. What we usually mean by “writing” is the whole marvelous, messy, maddening process of tur…