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Thought for the Day Asking myself, 'Is this any good?' is pointless ...

Paul Whybrow

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Asking myself, 'Is this any good?' is pointless. It just slows down my writing, and I can't tell anyway. It's always the paragraphs I loved most, the ones I tenderly polished and re-read with pride, that my editor will suggest cutting.

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