5 Powerful Lessons You Learn When You Write Every Day

Stop finding reasons not to write and hold on to the reason why you want to.

Scott B. Heaton
Nov 6 · 4 min read

A little over a month ago, I let go of a dream: going after my Ph.D. in English.

It was the next step for my career and personal ambitions. My dream has always been to become a novelist and sit at the feet of brilliant…

Scott B. Heaton

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Instructor of English. Armchair philosopher & theologian. Poet, novelist, essayist. Published in small literary magazines — his mom thought it was really cool.

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