Writing is about honesty. It is almost impossible to be honest and boring at the same time. Being honest may be many other things — risky, scary, difficult, frightening, embarrassing, and hard to do — but it is not boring. Whenever I am stuck in a piece of writing, I ask myself, "Am I failing to tell the truth? Is there something I am not saying, something I am afraid to say?" Telling the truth on the page, like telling the truth in a relationship, always takes you deeper.