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Finding meaning amidst the unexpected highs and lows of life as a writer
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Why are any of us doing this
A personal essay on the glorious highs, lows, and absolute painful joy of creativity
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Knowing when something is "good enough"
There's a time and a place for perfection, and writing ain't it
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The undeniable usefulness of outlining
And why confidence is both wonderful, and wonderfully stupid
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The elevator pitch as a research tool
Or proof that even the dumbest of rules can have some usefulness
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It's not me, it's you
The art of forgetting advice and figuring out what works for you
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Cavemen didn't have to deal with this
The age of real-time writing and the dawn of this newsletter
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This is Realtime Writing, a newsletter on writing for a living in the age of digital content creation.
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