For me, writing a really great book takes lots of practice. Practice, practice, practice. Did I mention practice? I did? Several times, you say. And now I'm losing my readers by being redundant. And I'm losing more readers by repeating my redundancy. Fine!!!
Anyway, let's compare writing a really great book to the Olympic Track and Field event... the Long Jump!!!!
To attempt the LONG JUMP:
an athelete must combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far from the take-off point as possible.
To write a REALLY GREAT BOOK:
a writer must combine a mastery of language, an interesting plot and memorable characters to reach the ending point.
Here's an example of someone unprepared, undeciplined and uninformed trying to write that first really great book:
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