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542. The Wisdom of Ed Solomon

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How to Stop Writing on a Project

People who are really good with dialogue sometimes they just get married to their wonderful dialogue and because it's making them feel good as they're writing it. They're actually not looking at their story objectively or keeping a dispassionate distance so that they can keep jumping out looked at the macro before jumping back in. How do you know when to stop for a lot of people I think they finish too soon  for me it's a combination of me plus time and or me plus other people's feedback meaning you finish something it feels great it just chemically feels great just like it's some comparison to giving birth or somethingYou have to not love it it just feels amazing and you really do feel like

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