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Writing — a word after a word after a word. How hard can it be?

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      • 6. Now Head for the Hills – no really.
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      • 8. If you thought THAT was scary …
      • 9. The hardest and easiest part
      • 10a. That other part
      • 10b. The Other Part of That Other Part
      • 10c. The last part of that other part
      • 11. Surging ahead now
      • 12. The Actual Writing
      • 13. The Actual, Actual Writing
      • 14. Here’s something that might make writing re-e-a-ally easy
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Month: February 2017

You Will Get Sick of Your Own Writing

February 28, 2017May 19, 2018 ~ Joanna Baker ~ Leave a comment

Writing is hard. If you want to produce something good, it's probably going to take a lot of drafts.

Another Kind of Beauty

February 28, 2017March 3, 2017 ~ Joanna Baker ~ Leave a comment

A piece of writing has its own kind of beauty.

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