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Is it you I’m looking for?

There’s an odd question when it comes to being a writer: do you write what you want to say, or what you think others will want to read? I used to write reports many moons ago; factual stuff based on activities, results and observations. These were intended for formulating future plans. If I’m realistic, most of them lasted about 48 hours before being filed; it was activity that counted, not acres of speculative words. It was inevitable that some of my time was spent thinking about the eventual readers in ‘head office’, and whether my words might chime with what

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