The most basic rule of editing is that if you can’t bear to read it, no one else can either. So when you find yourself s — Marion Roach Smith, The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life
The most basic rule of editing is that if you can’t bear to read it, no one else can either. So when you find yourself s — Marion Roach Smith, The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life
The most basic rule of editing is that if you can’t bear to read it, no one else can either. So when you find yourself s — Marion Roach Smith, The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life
The most basic rule of editing is that if you can’t bear to read it, no one else can either. So when you find yourself s — Marion Roach Smith, The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life
The most basic rule of editing is that if you can’t bear to read it, no one else can either. So when you find yourself s — Marion Roach Smith, The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life
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The most basic rule of editing is that if you can’t bear to read it, no one else can either. So when you find yourself skimming, commit murder.

— Marion Roach Smith, The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life
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