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Jan 30, 2009 Writing Notes

Writing Books

How many writing books have you read? How about blogs?

How much help have they been? Have you written more because of them? Have you started writing because of them?

I’ve gone through lots of writing books and only a few of them have ever inspired me to do the work.

Skill and wisdom comes from the practice of doing the work.

A response from Feb 2021.

Up next Stop Being an Idiot (Before you read, here is a note from David in Feb 2021.) Do you want to write? Then do it. Quit making excuses. Quit telling yourself and the I am telling you what you already know (Before you read, here is a note from David in Feb 2021.) You already know that you should be writing. You already know that you are making excuses.

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