When you write your first novel you don't really know what you're doing. There may be writers out there who are brilliant, incisive and in control from their first 'Once upon a time'. I'm not one of them. Every once upon a time for me is another experience of white-water rafting in a leaky inner tube. And I have this theory that while the Story Council has its faults, it does have some idea that if books are going to get written, authors have to be able to write them. Robin McKinley
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Ray Bradbury wrote a book called, “I Sing the Body Electric,” which was a collection of stories. Ray Bradbury said that his first story was terrible. Ray Bradbury said that he knew he wasn't going to be a good writer until he had written several hundred stories. If you want to write, you have to write.

Ray Bradbury didn't know how to write, but he knew how to write stories. Ray Bradbury said that the best thing a writer can do is just keep writing no matter what happens. The best thing a writer can do is just keep writing no matter what happens.

The best thing a writer can do is just keep writing no matter what happens. The best thing a writer can do is just keep writing no matter what happens. The best thing a writer can do is just keep writing no matter what happens.

The best thing a writer can do is just keep writing no matter what happens. The best thing a writer can do is just keep writing no matter what happens. The best thing a writer can do is just keep writing no matter what happens.

The best thing a writer can do is just keep writing no matter what happens. The best thing a writer can do is just keep writing no matter what happens: This quote gives us hope that we will become writers and we will learn how to write our first book and we will be able to publish our books and we will be able to make our dreams come true because persistence always pays off and sometimes it takes time and sometimes it takes many tries, but eventually persistence will pay off and we will be able to publish our books and we will be able to make our dreams come true because writers writers writers writers writers writers writers writers writers writers writers writers writers writers

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