After a lifetime of hounding authors for advice, I've heard three truths from every mouth: {1} Writing is painful -- it's 'fun' only for novices, the very young, and hacks; {2} other than a few instances of luck, good work comes through revision; {3} the best revisers often have reading habits that stretch back before the current age, which lends them a sense of history and raises their standards for quality.
( Mary Karr )
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