What Did I Learn?

Last week I wrote about spending two weeks working on a Christmas picture book and coming up at the end with a story that didn’t work, even though I loved much about it.

Carol Brendler wrote with a question. She said, “I typically chalk up those weeks of writing that yield nothing to a learning experience. It doesn’t feel quite so wasted then. I wonder if you feel you learned anything from that Xmas story, even though you have proven again and again that you’re a master storyteller.”

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