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Writing

nomorenomore08

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3. I wrote my first (short, 115 pages) novel in a pretty much A-to-B fashion, with minimal rewriting.

Reply to Chan790 (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 6, 2013, 12:25 AM

Jun 2013

But the two I've written since, especially the latest one, have come together in a much more fragmentary way. Writing, to me, almost feels like squeezing blood from a stone a lot of the time - though I tell myself quality is more important than quantity.

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Experienced authors - is last month, last section procrastination typical? [View all] NRaleighLiberal May 2013 OP

For me, yes. Chan790 May 2013 #1

I wrote my first (short, 115 pages) novel in a pretty much A-to-B fashion, with minimal rewriting. nomorenomore08 Jun 2013 #3

Are you kidding? kag May 2013 #2

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Even when you know the ending PATRICK Jun 2013 #5