Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. Start by getting something-anything-down on paper. What I've learned to do when I sit down to work on a shitty first draft is to quiet the voices in my head. (Anne Lamott)

Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. Start by getting something-anything-down on paper. What I've learned to do when I sit down to work on a shitty first draft is to quiet the voices in my head.

Anne Lamott

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