John Grisham Struggles to Write About This

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John Grisham Struggles to Write About This

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New York Times–bestselling author Joshua Fields Millburn talks about the bad writing in John Grisham's new novel. Download our free ebook, 15 WAYS TO WRITE BETTER: https://howtowritebetter.org

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Oct 5, 2022

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