Today, make a list of things about which you feel a sense of anticipation. Once you have your list, select one thing and write about it, and do so in such a way that you’re making a point that is in service to the reader. That could mean such a point made through an essay about such an event, or one about a related historical detail, and so on. You get where I’m going with this— branch it out, make it about something bigger and more universal and/or useful. Let’s do this.
(And, speaking of feeling anticipation, I’ll be at AWP this week. Give me a shout if you’ll be there, too, so we can make a point of crossing paths.)