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"Good grief she's wordy!!! I found myself tripping over the lack of sufficient and well-placed commas, the tendency to write long, and to interject heavily with punctuations that made difficult sentences all the more harder.
She does it so much, I'm writing tediously long sentences now!
Her words choices are also ... a lot. It's a bit pretentious and a bit insufferable, especially compared to Lamott." — 16 hours, 15 min ago
"Good grief she's wordy!!! I found myself tripping over the lack of sufficient and well-placed commas, the tendency to write long, and to interject heavily with punctuations that made difficult sentences all the more harder.
She does it so much, I'm writing tediously long sentences now!
Her words choices are also ... a lot. It's a bit pretentious and a bit insufferable, especially compared to Lamott." — 16 hours, 15 min ago
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"Writing groups "give you a place to show up and a little benevolent pressure". This is exactly what I'm hoping The Open Notebook serves as, at least in the beginning. If we can move forward and be something more, later, that will be great. But for now, this is a time and space to work on the craft, slowly but surely." — Mar 18, 2026 12:44AM
"Writing groups "give you a place to show up and a little benevolent pressure". This is exactly what I'm hoping The Open Notebook serves as, at least in the beginning. If we can move forward and be something more, later, that will be great. But for now, this is a time and space to work on the craft, slowly but surely." — Mar 18, 2026 12:44AM
“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”
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― The Alchemist
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“What you read and write can help you heal, so be thoughtful about what you consume.”
― The Art of Communicating: Mastering Life's Most Important Skill Through Mindfulness, Personal Growth, and Effective Interpersonal Relations with Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh
― The Art of Communicating: Mastering Life's Most Important Skill Through Mindfulness, Personal Growth, and Effective Interpersonal Relations with Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh
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