I do so much writing. But so much of it never goes anywhere, never sees any light of day. I suppose that's like gardening in the basement. I don't publish so much of what I write. I just seem to plow it back into the soil of what I write after it, rewriting and rewriting, thinking that somehow it gets better after the fifty-second-time around. I need to learn to abandon my writing. To let go of it. Dispose of it, like tissue. J.R. Tompkins
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When you write, try not to edit yourself too much. When you're working on a novel, you'll need to rewrite several times. That's normal. If your novel is still not ready for publication, there's no point in wasting your time writing and rewriting. You should just put it aside and focus on improving your novel once more.

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