Writing is about hypnotizing yourself into believing in yourself, gett…

Anne Lamott
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Writing is about hypnotizing yourself into believing in yourself, getting some work done, then unhypnotizing yourself and going over the material coldly.
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Needless to say, there was no one around remotely fitting the description of a normal person: I was at a writing conference. ✨ Anne Lamott (2000). Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith, Anchor
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Writing is about hypnotizing yourself into believing in yourself, getting some work done, then unhypnotizing yourself and going over the material coldly.

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