David Rosenthal: belief

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…I've been amazed in my career on just how useful sports analogies are to writing. These physical memories translate pretty neatly to what the mind is doing too. When I write a book, I'm on a picture's mound. It takes me back to pitching in high school. I'm thinking of the reader as the hitter. Getting meaning across to a reader is tricky in the way that fooling a hitter is tricky. I can feel that connection. These physical analogies are really useful, even if there's sometimes a stretch. Speaking of sports, mine is The Glue Guys podcast, which I think we both went on this year, which actually was the origin of us meeting. Those guys are great. They are great.…

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