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The same applies to developing our writing. Stop beating yourself up because the words you put on the page don't match the ideal you have in your head.
Just keep putting the words down. Practise, practise, practise and never give up because you don't think you're good enough.
Here's David Liu's beautifully crafted video illustrating the words of Ira Glass. An old one but a great one.
Take heart. Move forward. Grow.
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Hi Anne, this is a really long shot, but were you ever aa Teacher at Miss Hugh Jones in London, back in the late 60s/early 70s? If you were, you taught me English and piano and I think of you with great affection...I once wrote an essay (aged about 9) and used the phrase "really madly"... Your margin mark was "sounds like the chorus in a 60s pop song". I have never forgotten that and whenever I read or hear it, I hear it as exactly that!
ReplyDeleteIncredible and so lovely to hear from you--the era of parquet floors and ballet shoes and the wonderful perfume of jasmine.
ReplyDeleteI only decided to revive this blog today and shall follow your blogs with joy. Still playing piano? The mice have attacked mine--the joys of country living.