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“Someone in workshop slugs away for months or years writing mundane stuff, then — blam — they bring in something that seems written by a stranger….After that, the writer would never slide back into mediocrity.”

l’m going to keep this 👆in my pocket while I keep practicing. ✍️🙂

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That's real magic right there. Reminds me of: " If you wake up at a different time in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? "

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That’s going in my pocket alongside “Practice and failing. And then giving up, and then experimenting and more practice.”

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Even better, tattoo it on the back of your hand* so you'll always see it when you're typing.

*assuming your hand is big enough for the complete sentence

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