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miete ("thought") + lause ("phrase")
count: 3
filter: tag = drafts clear
You don't care about those first three pages; those you will throw out, those you needed to write to get to that fourth page, to get to that one long paragraph that was what you had in mind when you started, only you didn't know that, couldn't know that, until you got to it.
page: 9
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drafts
The first draft is the child's draft, where you let it all pour out and then let it romp all over the place, knowing that no one is going to see it and that you can shape it later.
page: 22
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drafts
Perfectionism, tidy writing, suggests that something is as good as it's going to get. Tidiness makes me think of held breath, of suspended animation, while writing needs to breathe and move.
page: 29
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perfectionism
drafts