Matthew Dunn
For those who can write, the magnificent art is a force majeure. Never underestimate the power you have at your fingertips, and the responsibility that power carries. I've heard that on average it takes 16 hours to read a novel. That's a chunk of time, and the novel may live with the reader for considerably longer, maybe even a lifetime. To write is to provide a magnificent service. It's a talent to be cherished.
Learn from mistakes along the way and don't beat yourself up when mistakes are made. Talent doesn't mean we don't have moments when we miss a note, get a brushstroke wrong, fluff a line, put the chisel in the wrong place, or wish we'd constructed a sentence differently. Storytelling is key. That can't be learnt. But the tactics of delivery can be improved over time and with experience.
Learn from mistakes along the way and don't beat yourself up when mistakes are made. Talent doesn't mean we don't have moments when we miss a note, get a brushstroke wrong, fluff a line, put the chisel in the wrong place, or wish we'd constructed a sentence differently. Storytelling is key. That can't be learnt. But the tactics of delivery can be improved over time and with experience.
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