You stole my story and something's got to be done about it.
Writing is hard_It gets harder when it becomes your career, your job, because it__ no longer a hobby, it__ no longer a manuscript hidden in your desk drawer. It becomes a platform from which the world can judge you. Your soul becomes target practice, and the critics hold the arrows.
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Writing is hard_It gets harder when it becomes your career, your job, because it__ no longer a hobby, it__ no longer a manuscript hidden in your desk drawer. It becomes a platform from which the world can judge you. Your soul becomes target practice, and the critics hold the arrows.
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