Can you please explain me the meaning of this sentence? "Writing is less about beckoning the muse than hanging in until the typing becomes writing". 

Different meaning of worked and has worked 1. Dan has worked at the BBC for eight years. 1. Dan worked at the BBC for eight years. I just discovered that these two sentences have different meaning. The first one says that Dan has worked at the BBC for 8 years and that means he's still working there. The second one says that he worked there for 8 years but now he isn't working there anymore. My question is.. WHY? :)

The meaning of "I was given". I was reading an article about the Titanic and the following sentence cought my attention. "We were given clothes because I'd only got my nightclothes and a blanket around me." At the first sight I got confused because I did not get why someone who was getting saved from the sea was giving clothes to someone else, even coz she said, "I'd only got my nightclothes and a blanket around me", so, that makes no sense. Then, of course, I realized what was the real meaning of the sentence, because it is obvious that in this case the verb GIVEN means that they gave them clothes. Can you explain me why in this particular case the verb "given" has this meaning? Thank you!