You need to write
7th April 2017 | for Creatives | novel writing, the successful artist, writing, KEEP CREATING, the creative life, Hugh Howey |
"You need to write. This seems axiomatic because it is. The only way to amass a pile of words into a book is to shovel some every single day. No days off. You have to form this habit; without it you are screwed. I'm going to assume [you] already have this down. If you don't—you won't make it."
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