Come laugh at and learn from all of my mistakes. It might save you years of frustration and help you enjoy your writing life more fully.
Writer/musician Jacob Slichter is the author of So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star (Broadway Books, 2004) and the drummer for Semisonic. In addition to teaching nonfiction at Sarah Lawrence, he blogs about the connections between writing, music, film, and other creative forms at portablephilosophy.com.