I once read that Hemingway always woke up early, stood at his desk (in his defense, it was a standing desk), and wrote unflinchingly until noon. He wouldn’t touch a drop of liquor until he was done. He knew, in his own words that, ‘the first draft of anything is always shit’, but it’s still important to get it finished.
And I think about that. I think ab…
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