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Don't just plan to write - write. it is only by writing, not dreaming about it, that we develop our own style.
-P. D. James
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Don't Just Plan To Write - Write.

P. D. James
Don't just plan to write - write. it is only by writing, not dreaming about it, that we develop our own style.
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