"No, no, no," his editor shakes her head. "There's not even a smidgen of narrative in this. What are you doing, vomiting on the page?"
"There's the scene in the bar."
"Don't even start. It's just weak. Come on, you can do better than this."
He nods, "Normally. I think I'm getting a little depressed right now."
"Well, snap out of it. Start writing. Don't you think that'll free you up a bit?"
"Free me up?"
"Yeah, break your writer's block. Just start writing, just get words down on the page."
"What do think I have been doing? What did you think you were just reading?"
"I think I just read you flushing out your brain. Now that you're clear, get to work."
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