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Anthony Moore

Jan 9, 2020

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The Mark of a Truly Successful Writer is a Ton of Crappy First Drafts

Great writing begins with terrible first drafts.

The other day, I opened up my blog page and saw how many unpublished drafts I’d accrued in the past 24 months.

I had 764.

764 unfinished, unpublished piece-of-crap first drafts.

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The Mark of a Truly Successful Writer is a Ton of Crappy First Drafts

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