Hugh PratherIf the desire to write is not accompanied by actual writing, then the desire must be not to write.
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If the desire to write is not accompanied by actual writing, then the desire must be not to write. This quote is a way of saying that in order to write a good book, you have to be in a state of writing a good book. If your heart is not in it, then it will come out as a bad book.
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