If one makes a mistake, then an apology is usually sufficient to get things back on an even keel. However-and this is a big βhoweverβ- most people do not ever know why their apology did not seem to have any effect. It is simply that they did not make a mistake; they made a choiceβ¦and never understood the difference between the two.
Discipline allows magic. To be a writer is to be the very best of assassins. You do not sit down and write every day to force the Muse to show up. You get into the habit of writing every day so that when she shows up, you have the maximum chance of catching her, bashing her on the head, and squeezing every last drop out of that bitch.