Planning to write is not writing. Outlining... researching... talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing. (E. L. Doctorow)

Planning to write is not writing. Outlining... researching... talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.

E. L. Doctorow

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