Thoughts on writing and life for December 2023

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Just a few thoughts on the importance of being willing to make revisions: in writing and in life.

This is an edited excerpt from my December 2023 newsletter, The Writing Life. (Subscribe here.)

You can also listen to it on my Living the Writing Life podcast or wherever you get your podcasts.

Because I am a writer, it is natural that I view life—my life, in particular—through that lens. Specifically, I have come to realize that life is—no, not a box of chocolates...