Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need t…

Anne Lamott
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Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. ✨ Anne Lamott (2007). Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, p.25, Anchor
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