Michael Leong's Writing Ritual Is Better Than Your Writing Ritual

Before sitting down to write, I methodically lay out my instruments as a good dentist always does before a nervous patient. Side by side, I place: a toilet scrubber, a left-handed Allen wrench (my muse stubbornly insists on the term ‘zeta key’), a ridiculously sharp record needle, and a small collection of novelty pencil tops in good to excellent condition. I religiously avoid dairy products[. . . .]