Eat.
Found Writing Advice #6
Franklin St.
Chicken processing plant lunchroom, 530am.
On a roll?
Your words are behaving and the story is truly happening?
That’s brilliant.
Keep going!
But don’t forget to eat.
If you’re lucky, you have a snack within arm’s reach.
But if not, combine your trips.
Get up, stretch, walk the dog, go to the bathroom, refill your coffee or tea or water, and — most importantly — get something to eat before you return to the literary awesomeness.
You will thank yourself later, when you’re not spinning from low blood sugar.
Or your family will.
Mine does. Especially because I often forget this advice.