The Desperate Search for “Breathing Space” When Your Brain Refuses to Give You Any

And why you should really try to get some anyway

Karen DeGroot Carter

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Wooden jetty leading out to lake with boat in distance at sunrise.
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I find it fascinating that the U.K. version of “breathing room” — which in the U.S. means room and time to think things over — is “breathing space.” According to the impressively titled Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, the term refers to…

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Karen DeGroot Carter

Bylines in Publishers Weekly, Literary Mama, others. One Sister’s Song (novel). Not Nearly Everything You Need to Know About Writing (ebook).