+ This fear is one of the horrors of an author’s life. Where does work come from? What chance, what small episode will start the chain of creation? I once wrote a story about a writer who could not write anymore, and my friend Tennessee Williams said, “How could you dare write that story, it’s the most frightening work I have ever read.’ I was pretty well sunk while I was writing it. by: Carson McCullers (via awritersruminations) (via libraryland) notes