At the risk of using a four letter word here, one of my favorite quotes on writing, compliments of Ernest Hemingway:
“The first draft of anything is shit.” — Ernest Hemingway
This was true of the first draft of my first novel, and my second, and my third. And here I am writing my fourth. Some things never change! Please don’t tell my editor, though; we don’t want to make her nervous. – Meg
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