Finish what you're writing. Whatever you have to do to finish it, fini…

Neil Gaiman
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Finish what you're writing. Whatever you have to do to finish it, finish it. ✨ Ten rules for writing fiction by Elmore Leonard, Diana Athill, Margaret Atwood, Roddy Doyle, Helen Dunmore, Geoff Dyer, Anne Enright, Richard Ford, Jonathan Franzen, Esther Freud, Neil Gaiman, David Hare, PD James and AL Kennedy, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.
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