Why Bottled Ships?

A ship inside a bottle is a tiny miracle. A marvel. It’s delicately crafted and intricately detailed, but you have no idea how the craftsman got it in there. An essay can be like that. The final product looks perfect, but you have no idea of the process the writer went through to create it – the ideas that came to me as I brushed my teeth, the emotions I wrung dry to find the right words, the friends I pestered at ungodly hours to be my editors.

I approach every piece of writing as if it were a bottled ship.