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Wheezy

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180. I wish I knew how to teach that...

Thu Sep 20, 2012, 11:15 AM

Sep 2012

For me, the finishing is the easy part. It's the middle that is difficult.

It helps if you know how things are going to end. I always try to know that before I start writing, so I have something to aim for. But every writer does it differently. I wish you lots of luck!

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