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Do Words Lose Their Meaning When You Stop and Smell the Flowers?

My worst writing nightmare almost came true.

Writing, for me, is a lot like peeing. It starts with feeling a mild pressure deep in my loins, then the urge gets stronger and stronger until I just cannot take it anymore. Until it’s impossible to hold it all in…

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