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"the author of this is Sarah" (opens the original)
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Writing is hard. It’s a refrain I often repeat with fingers hovering above the keyboard, poised to type, suspended on the stagnant inhale before words come. Before the flow, before the worlds unfold, before it all clicks. And I think: “Writing is hard.”But the truth is, it’s really not the writing that’s hard. It’s all the other stuff that comes with it. It’s the self-promotion, and it’s the chasing down invoices. It’s the preoccupation with how a piece will be received before it’s even formed i
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