it’s not enough just to get things done. You have to help people do more of the work that has impact and meaning.
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“Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open. Your stuff starts out being just for you, in other words, but then it goes out. Once you know what the story is and get it right — as right as you can, anyway — it belongs to anyone who wants to read it. Or criticize it.”
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“A professor's decks are never clear: there will always be barnacles to scrape, cannons to polish, and scurvy-stricken grad students to free from the brig.”
― How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing
― How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing
“When we accept the temporary nature of everything in our lives, we can feel gratitude for the good fortune of getting to borrow them for a time.”
― Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day
― Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day
“Put your "inner writer" back on its leash and give it a chew toy.”
― How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing
― How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing
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