In the book, the author has shared a few instances where he is criticised unjustly or misunderstood by people he trusted, which motivated him to “go running for a little longer than usual. It also provides Murakami an outlet to vent his negative emotions. For Murakami, running is a way to keep himself mentally fit, if he aspires to excel in the creative space in the long run. Each phase of his preparation reveals something new about the act of writing and its resemblance with the act of running. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running revolves around Murakami’s four-month-long preparation for the New York City Marathon. Writing itself is mental labor, but finishing an entire book is closer to manual labor.” He relates this labour to the daily grind of running and even admits that, “Most of what I know about writing, I have learned through running every day.” Murakami, in his part travelogue, part training log, and telling memoir, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, writes, “Writing novels, to me is basically a kind of manual labor. Sometimes it comes naturally, at other times, it could take months to write even a single line! There are several writers, who, I am sure, would agree with this. Both of us believe writing is an extremely difficult job. Haruki Murakami and I have one thing in common.
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