You Don't Mix Cement with Water. You Mix it With...

...sweat! Or so goes the old construction site saying goes. I worked a lot of summers as a mason tender and laborer. It was hard, and often repetitive work, and at the end of the day, you were usually spent, physically speaking anyway. On occasion, my dad would hire dudes who claimed to be in great shape since they were pumping iron like Arnold. They were the type to not show up on day two. So where am I going with this? Unless you're willing to put in the hard work, you ain't ever gonna make it as a writer.