How to go forward with writing in the gray new days of winter? Who guessed the answer would appear on the home page of Narrative Magazine? Four straightforward, simple, direct instructions. And all of them so true: "Write simple sentences. Report. Don't moralize. No pretensions."
For more of Gail Godwin's early thoughts on writing:
http://www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/winter-2011/making-writer