Great Moments in Journalism are submitted by readers, and can be sent to this address. Today's Moment comes from a Washington Post article on National Novel Writing Month, which is exactly as exciting as it sounds. It starts off with an anecdote about a participant who is currently undergoing medical treatment ("She is also approaching the halfway point of her novel, a mystery titled "Raised by Wolves." She must finish it by Nov. 30, averaging 1,667 words a day, cancer or no cancer.") and just gets better. Your bit comes from the section on strategies to aid the blocked writer:

Great Moments in Journalism are submitted by readers, and can be sent to this address. You hear "Charlie LeDuff covers a freak show" and you know you're pretty likely to get a Great Moment out of it. And here you go, from the profile of "Ward Hall, the King of the Midway":

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