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  • The Writer

    FROM THE EDITOR

    Jul 17, 2021 3 minutes
    NICKI PORTER
    Nicki Porter
    SENIOR EDITOR
    @nickimporter

    Doing what we love

    Sometimes I wish we treated writing more like running.

    Or swimming. Or cycling. Or any athletic pursuit, really. I’ve been thinking about this ever since I was asked, during a recent webinar, how new writers could build more confidence in their work’s merit. It was a good question, an understandable and relatable question, but it also struck me as perhaps question. And it certainly wasn’t the asker’s fault but rather our collective relationship with writing in general.

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