Cormac McCarthyI don't know why I started writing. I don't know why anybody does it. Maybe they're bored, or failures at something else.
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I don't know why I started writing. I don't know why anybody does it. Maybe they're bored, or failures at something else. The reason to write seems to be mysterious when you first consider it.
But what you might discover if you keep writing is that you get better at writing. You get faster, you get more experienced, your thoughts are clearer, and the ideas seem to flow more easily. Without even knowing it, you've become a better writer because you keep writing .You might also find that people who read what you write seem to like it.
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