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Going off topic once again....
I want to record our "metaphors for writing," which include
cooking
sculpture
running
build-your-own-sandwich bar
stage
struggle
suicide note
rubber band
excursion
drill
war
diary
organizer
roller coaster.
We had an interesting discussion, not just about what dimensions of writing these metaphors highlight but what they omit (writing as "rubber band,"  for instance, emphasizes how it "stretches" you, but may not allow for the sort of writing that doesn't; writing as "suicide note" focuses on the intensity and insight that we want our writing to express, but doesn't acknowledge the sort of writing that might be more playful and less profound).