Revision Is One Of The Exquisite Pleasures

To Any Writer: Teach Yourself To Work In Uncertainty. Many Writers Are Anxious When They Begin, Or Try Something New. Even Matisse Painted Some Of His Fauvist Pictures In Anxiety. Maybe That Helped Him To Simplify. Character, Discipline, Negative Capability Count. Write, Complete, Revise. If It Doesn't Work, Begin Something Else.

We Have Two Lives, The Life We Learn With And The Life We Live With After That. Suffering Is What Brings Us Toward Happiness.

Revision Is One Of The Exquisite Pleasures Of Writing.

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The Great Thing About Writing: Stay With It ... Ultimately You Teach Yourself Something Very Important About Yourself.