Do you see this folder?
True to its name, it is full of writing that I have scrapped from my book, The Howl.
All garbage.
All thrown away.
Want to see how full it is?
Pretty durn.
Wanna know why?
Because good writing takes work, time, and a willingness to write stuff that isn't that good in order to reach writing that is good.
It kind of sucks sometimes.
You write out a whole chapter, or two, and realize it's just not right.
There's one chapter I have written FIVE TIMES, and that doesn't count all of the minor changes I've made. Those are full on throwing it all out and starting over.
But ultimately, it's worth it.
It might take some digging through dirt to find diamonds, but there's glitter in there somewhere! So keep working, and keep throwing all that dirt away so that you can get to the good stuff underneath.
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