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Chapters 1 And 2 In The Curious Writer
After reading chapters 1 and 2 in the Curious Writer book, I discovered a few things about my writing habits. I tend to write safe, only because I struggle with writing and for a while I did not enjoy it. However, I know the importance of writing so when I need to write something it takes me twice as long as it should because I constantly second guess what I previously had wrote. Following my tendency of writing safe, I also procrastinate. I know I choose to procrastinate with assignments, writing assignments the most, because it feels tortuous to me. The assignments are not enjoyable and I would much rather do something I enjoy like being with friends or being active. Why would I want to do an assignment that takes up hours of my day when
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