Why failure is not a death sentence when it comes to writing

Tammi Brownlee
Nov 1 · 3 min read
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Failing gracefully is not easy, nor is it fun. It sometimes feels like a personal attack on our writing. But it is a necessity in our lives as writers to fail from time to time. What should you do when you encounter a failure?

Get right back up and try it again. Every fail is like taking a class, you show up, get an F, and go home to study what you got wrong.

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Tammi Brownlee

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“If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” — Stephen King https://www.patreon.com/thewritersbookcase

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