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The final advantage is the same that applies in every other competitive venture. If you would like t...

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William ZinsserOn Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

Learn to enjoy this tidying process. I don't like to write; I like to have written. But I love to re...

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William ZinsserOn Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

The writer, his eye on the finish line, never gave enough thought to how to run the race.

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William ZinsserOn Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

There may be a Nurse Ratched-like listing of things that must be done right this moment: foods that ...

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Anne LamottBird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

For me and most of the other writers I know, writing is not rapturous. In fact, the only way I can g...

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Anne LamottBird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

I do not so much write a book as sit up with it, as with a dying friend. During visiting hours, I en...

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