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Fri, Jul 31 2009

How to win at writing (and just about anything else)

Part of being a writer is setting aside the day's little (and big) annoyances, interruptions and inconveniences in order to focus on ideas and convey them to others in a reasonable manner. Being a professional is probably twenty percent stubborness in the face of adversity and opposing forces. The other eighty percent is mental focus, which generally sifts down to stubborness in the face of adversity and opposing forces.

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