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Stop Fantasizing About the Book You Haven’t Written Yet

Stop Fantasizing About the Book You Haven’t Written Yet

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Amy L Bernstein
Oct 08, 2024
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Maybe you’ve heard this saying: “I hate writing, but I love having written.”

It’s so relatable, right?

Our desire to get to the good stuff, to reap the reward and skip over the time-consuming slog that gets us there…That’s not laziness. It’s human nature.

Every time I dig into a whole steamed artichoke, I can’t peel awa…

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