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What you want and what you get

Mind the gap.

David Gane
David Gane

You may have a vision of what your story can be, but it isn’t the same when you write it.

It can be disappointing. It can make you retreat.

Don’t.

The path to improvement is shitty writing. Good writing comes with practice and making mistakes. Trying ideas and testing your limits.

Yeah, it sucks, and it’s frustrating, but the more you do it, the quicker you’ll improve and start telling the stories you want to tell.

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Co-writer of the Shepherd and Wolfe young adult mysteries, the internationally award-winning series, and teacher of storytelling and screenwriting.

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