if he cannot write easily

18th August 2017 | for Creatives | creating isn't easy, creative fear, writing, writer's block, Dorothea Brande  |       

"The stupid conclusion that if he cannot write easily he has mistaken his career is sheer nonsense."

— Dorothea Brande

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