What had happened was this. When still young, I had gotten the idea from somewhere that I might be able to write.. Maybe the deadly notion came from liking to read so much. Maybe I was in love with the image of being a writer. Whatever. It had been a really bad idea. Because I couldn't write, at least not by the bluntly and frequently expressed standards of anyone in a position to offer any encouragement and feedback. . Paul Di Filippo
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You can’t write a great book by doing a bad job of writing. You can’t be a great athlete by being a bad athlete. And you can’t be a great artist by doing a bad job of art. So, if you want to write an original novel, for example, you’d better learn how to write well.

If you want to be great at taking the football around the corner, you’d better learn how to run effectively. And if you want to be an artist, you’d better learn how to paint and draw and sculpt and carve and do all the things that real artists do.

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