Writing requires having a capacity, an environment and a mental and physical disposition that sometimes we do not have, and that is when writing is elusive, difficult and not so optimal. Apparently in your quotes, the main character of this novel, a writer, goes through a moment of aridity, so normal when we write, to then find that voice that comes as if it had never left. Personally, as a writer too, I like stories that go deeper into what it means to write, whether poems or stories, and which character in the novel or author of the novel, De Stefano, go making the story as you talk about it, as a recipe. The writer's place is a novel that must be read not only to relax, but also to understand and know the world where a writer is born and lives. Thank you for this work. Greetings, @josemalavem