A writing coach I’ve met with a few times, Nancy Rawlinson, has just started a blog about “books, literature, publishing and the creative process.” Some good stuff up there so far. She links to a piece by writer Anne Enright, who says:
Over the years, you learn to keep your emotions in the place where you write. With practice you can wrestle them down to something roughly the size of the page.
Thanks for the link! I advise all your readers to check out that Anne Enright essay in full. I think she is fabulous. Forthright, yes, but on the money as far as her comments about the creative process go.