7/18: writing

...all afternoon, while a friend in Indiana was writing at the same time--writing buddies at a distance.  (We texted one another at the beginning and end, and once in the middle.)  I left the trickiest of my three writing tasks until then end.  It seemed risky, as if I'd run out of steam and convince myself that I was done for the day.  But it helped.  By the time I got to it, I was more comfortable in words.