Reasons Not to Quit

Reasons Not to Quit

What It Feels Like

to finish writing a book

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Hanne Blank Boyd
Sep 08, 2024
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One of my students asked me once what it felt like to finish writing a book and I blinked and said I didn’t really know. A complete first draft is a milestone by any measure, of course. But the book isn’t finished just because it’s drafted, as any writer can tell you.

Even if we leave the whole publishing process completely out of it, as well one mi…

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