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Thought for the Day Exercise the writing....

Paul Whybrow

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'Exercise the writing muscle every day, even if it is only a letter, notes, a title list, a character sketch, a journal entry. Writers are like dancers, like athletes. Without that exercise, the muscles seize up.'

Jane Yolen

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