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Book: Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process
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  1. John McPhee _ Draft No. 4: On the Writing

    I'd much rather watch people do what they do than talk to them across a desk.
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  2. John McPhee _ Draft No. 4: On the Writing

    It doesn't matter that something you've done before worked out well. Your last piece is never going to write your next one for you.
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  3. John McPhee _ Draft No. 4: On the Writing

    A piece of writing has to start somewhere, go somewhere, and sit down when it gets there.
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  4. John McPhee _ Draft No. 4: On the Writing

    No one will ever write in just the way that you do, or in just the way that anyone else does. Because of this fact, there is no real competition between writers. What appears to be competition is actually nothing more than jealousy and gossip. Writing is a matter strictly of developing oneself. You compete only with yourself. You develop yourself by writing.
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