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maureenjohnsonbooks:

hpsummer asked you: I have a habit of restarting about every 5000 words. I reread what I’ve written and cringe. This causes me to start over. Any advice?

My darling hpsummer,

Auntie MJ has some very simple advice for you: stop rereading. That should do the trick.

Let me tell you about a…

Sometimes I read back and place in the text something like [Note: Replace this with something that isn’t awful.] Then I proceed, feeling much better about myself. That is what the EDITING PHASE is about, and once I have more, I will have a better idea of how to make it NOT AWFUL.

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