A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebas…

Margaret Atwood
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A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for a reason. ✨ Margaret Atwood (2006). Writing with Intent: Essays, Reviews, Personal Prose: 1983-2005, p.107, Basic Books
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A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for a reason. ✨ Margaret Atwood (2006). Writing with Intent: Essays, Reviews, Personal Prose: 1983-2005, p.107, Basic Books

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