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John McPhee

“No one will ever write in just the way that you do, or in just the way that anyone else does. Because of this fact, there is no real competition between writers. What appears to be competition is actually nothing more than jealousy and gossip. Writing is a matter strictly of developing oneself. You compete only with yourself. You develop yourself by writing.”

John McPhee, Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process
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Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process by John McPhee
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