"To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write."--Gertrude Stein

This may seem silly to say, but it's hard to publish dreams or things we think we are going to write or all the talk we do about writing.  Write.

• ADVICE. It is true that as you get some success you may be able to write things based on proposals, but the real and finished thing will invariably serve you best.