Any writer will tell you there is a point in every story where you stop writing it and realize that the story is actually writing itself, and you, fearless author, are merely along as a witness. I like to call that moment ‘the turn’. I borrowed the term from master pitch salesman Ron Pupil, who used the term to describe the moment where you go from talking about the product to actually asking for the money. In writing terms the turn is money. There is nothing as glorious as the feeling of letting go; to type the words of the story and know that everything is coming together on its own and even elements of the story that were completely unplanned are breathed into life and made real on the page.
I experienced the turn again today and I’m so pleased with it that the high is driving me right into the next story, and that high should drive me into the story after that. This is probably why drug users do what they do, and it is definitely a reward for what I do. Writers like me live for the turn. It, more than money, makes me want to write every day.