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When you write a story, you’re telling yourself the story,” he said. “when you rewrite, your main job is taking out all the things that are not the story.
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Stephen King
When you write a story, you’re telling yourself the story,” he said. “when you rewrite, your main job is taking out all the things that are not the story.
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