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#1: The #1 Myth That Holds Writers Back

Fiction Writing Made Easy

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Why Do We Believe That Beautiful Words Are What Makes a Good Writer?

The author of the hairy potter series talks about how she learned to craft a story. She says we believe that you have to write beautiful sentences or beautiful words in order to be a real writer. This is because we're so used to looking at some one else's finished product and comparing our little nugget of an idea, to some one's polished final draft. The first thing we need to do to kind of combat this myth is to be aware of what we're doing and aware ofwhat we believe.

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