It's okay to write a cliché in a first draft; it sets a marker that you can get far, far away from in the rewrites. — Stewart Stafford
It's okay to write a cliché in a first draft; it sets a marker that you can get far, far away from in the rewrites. — Stewart Stafford
It's okay to write a cliché in a first draft; it sets a marker that you can get far, far away from in the rewrites. — Stewart Stafford
It's okay to write a cliché in a first draft; it sets a marker that you can get far, far away from in the rewrites. — Stewart Stafford
It's okay to write a cliché in a first draft; it sets a marker that you can get far, far away from in the rewrites. — Stewart Stafford
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It's okay to write a cliché in a first draft; it sets a marker that you can get far, far away from in the rewrites.

— Stewart Stafford
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