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Want to Write Better? Start Small and Work Up From There.

Bart McDonough
Nov 1 · 3 min read

“Wow, this isn’t good,” I thought aloud.

And to be honest, I was really irritated with myself. I knew I was better than this.

But I swallowed my pride and did what I knew I had to do.

I clicked the “Delete Story” link and deleted the article I’d dedicated an hour-and-a-half of my life to writing the night before…

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Bart McDonough

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A writer who somehow ended up with a Computer Science degree.

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