Every experience is grist for the mill for a good writer.
grist for the mill
idiomSomething that is useful or that creates a favorable opportunity.
She saved all her travel stories, knowing they would be grist for the mill when she started her new blog.
The politician viewed the recent economic downturn as grist for the mill, using the crisis to argue for his new legislative agenda.
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go through the mill
To experience the suffering or discipline necessary to bring one to a certain degree of knowledge or skill, or to a certain mental state.
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grist to the mill
Alternative form of grist for the mill.
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pill mill
A clandestine operation where a medical worker illicitly offers prescription medication to patients in exchange for bribes.
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rumor mill
A process in which a group or network of persons originate or promulgate gossip and other unsubstantiated claims.
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through the mill
Through a period of bad treatment or an ordeal.
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trouble at mill
Problems outside the household, especially in the workplace.
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water to one's mill
That which energizes or stimulates one.