Don’t write what you know—what you know may bore you, and thus bore your readers. Write about what interests you—and int — Valerie Sherwood
Don’t write what you know—what you know may bore you, and thus bore your readers. Write about what interests you—and int — Valerie Sherwood
Don’t write what you know—what you know may bore you, and thus bore your readers. Write about what interests you—and int — Valerie Sherwood
Don’t write what you know—what you know may bore you, and thus bore your readers. Write about what interests you—and int — Valerie Sherwood
Don’t write what you know—what you know may bore you, and thus bore your readers. Write about what interests you—and int — Valerie Sherwood
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Don’t write what you know—what you know may bore you, and thus bore your readers. Write about what interests you—and interests you deeply—and your readers will catch fire at your words.

— Valerie Sherwood
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