When you first start writing — and I think it’s true for a lot of beginning writers — you’re scared to death that if you don’t get that sentence right that minute it’s never going to show up again. And it isn’t. But it doesn’t matter — another one will, and it’ll probably be better. And I don’t mind writing badly for a couple of days because I know I can fix it — and fix it again and again and again, and it will be better.
— Toni Morrison
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Great quote.it gets to the heart of what makes writing such a freeing prospect: you can go back, rewrite, “fix” your work. This quote is going to sit on our writing center, right next to that jar of pencils!
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That’s a great quote. Where was that one hiding when we were writing Day by Day?
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Love this quote! It’s especially hitting home as I work through writing in new ways for new purposes–thank you again.
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