Writers lack a clear signal that their piece is complete

Evidence

But, unfortunately for writers, there’s no intellectual equivalent of the sexual climax; they don’t always know when they’ve finished. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 46

Categorization

• XREF: Ties into the craft theme—the perpetual uncertainty of when a work is done. — connects to: Writer’s block is really a fear of committing to one narrative path — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 44; Writers secretly want interruption to rescue them from their own stalled work — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 42; A writer’s silence on the page is not silence in the mind — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 463 (+2 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 46

Broader Connections

• Writers secretly want interruption to rescue them from their own stalled work #corroborates (0.55) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 42
• A writer’s silence on the page is not silence in the mind #expands (0.45) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 463