If the humble baked potato represents a state of writing nirvana – where all of your literary efforts have been gently cooked to completion – what then does mash represent?
Surely in comparison, creating mash is a violent, nonsensical act of destruction upon your completed work?
And yet what do you have at the end of the mashing process?
Still delicious potato, just in a different form.
Perhaps seasoned and elevated with salt, pepper, some milk, olive oil, or butter?
Perhaps your work can be elevated still with edits, closer examination of word choice or metaphor, and with feedback from a trusted reader?
If at the end of Potato Time™ you are not happy with what you produced, mash it, and create something even better.
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