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Ernest Hemingway once said to F. Scott Fitzgerald:
“I write one page of masterpiece to ninety-one pages of shit. I try to put the shit in the wastebasket.”
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Skillful editing isn’t always after the fact. Editing can happen right when you’re writing. Self-editing, or live editing, is a powerful thing. You can actually shape your writing just as you do when you’re singing in the shower and you shape your melody or voice.
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