The out-dated imagery of sitting over a dusty typewriter staring at blank pages for years is a fallacy and probably designed to keep you from living up to your fullest potential.
He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble he who writes verses builds it in granite.
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He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble he who writes verses builds it in granite.
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