We need writers who fear nothing. ("Our Goal")

Yevgeny Zamyatin
We need writers who fear nothing. (
We need writers who fear nothing. (
We need writers who fear nothing. (
We need writers who fear nothing. (
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Writing can be a scary thing. It’s like taking an exam, with the difference that the test is never over. If you’re not happy with what you’ve written, you can always change it later. But if you leave it too late, you may never get to see your work in print. If I had to do something over again, I would be scared of writing.

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