SURVEYING
By now the worst is over. You’ve checked any incipient writer’s block by getting your first words down on paper. You’ve already come a long way! You’ve selected a topic, explored it in your mind, and scrawled what you know about it. That’s more than most people do. Most just talk about what they’re going to write. How many times have you heard people say, “Someday I’m going to write a book”? And how many even get close to starting? Until you commit something to paper and actually begin the writing process, nothing will happen—least of all a book manuscript. So, congratulations for getting farther than most. But what now? What do you do with your scores of discursive phrases, lists, and sentences?
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