Write while the heat is in you
7th July 2016 | for Creatives | create for YOURSELF, writing, creating in the moment, reaching your audience, Henry David Thoreau |
"Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience."
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