Lettie PrellI must write now and quickly, before I begin to prefer the perfect version that lives in my head.
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The act of putting pen to paper is one of the most beautiful things we can do in creativity. However, it is also the most difficult. When you find yourself in this state where your ideas are flowing freely, but you can’t quite get them down on paper, then you need to write quickly. Once you have that perfect phrase or sentence, then the rest will just come naturally.
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