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Golden Line: “Once a book is published it can’t be changed, which is a stressful proposition for this improviser who relies on her charm”

Problem Passage: “…dress for writing…”

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“I wrote this book after my kids went to

sleep…on Airplanes and in between setups while I shot a Television show”.

Problem Passage

“I want to hear from people who feel like they have no time”.

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Golden line: “I believe great people do things before they are ready.”

Problem passage: “I have my moments when I don’t even care if anyone reads this book. I just want to finish it.”

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“Writing a book is nothing like that, it is a small, slow, crawl to the finish line”

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Problem passage: “writing the book is about writing the book”  I believe this quote has a lack of explanation but it’s also meant for us readers to look deeper into it. 

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The way she says it so seamlessly made her sound so realistic and relatable. 

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Golden Line

"I wrote this book from scribbled thoughts I kept in the Note App on my iphone"

Problem Passage

"They perpetuate a romantic idea that writing is some beautiful experience…"

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Golden: “When Life Attacks you from every side, it hurts too much and the most painless, easiest way out is to death”

Problem: “The truth is, writing is this; hard and boring and occasionally great but usually not”

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golden line: “once a book is published it can’t be changed, which is stressful proposition for this improviser who relies in her charm”

problem passage: “What do we do when the voice in our head is yelling that WE ARE NEVER GOING TO MAKE IT… “Well, the first thing we do is take our brain out and put it in a drawer”

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Golden Line - “Everyone lies about writing. They lie about how easy it is or how it was”.

Problem Passage - “ Breathing organisms made better by the people who come into contact with them”.

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Golden Line: “I believe great people do things before they are ready”

Problem Passage: “Writing a book is awful. It’s lonely.”

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Alina Cuevas

Ankita Krishnan

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Golden Passage: “I like hard work and I don’t like pretending things are perfect” (Poehler IX).                 Problem Passage: “Authors pretend their stories were always shiny and perfect, and just waiting to be written. The truth is, writing is hard […] Even I have lied about writing […] It has been like hacking away at a freezer with a screwdriver” (Poehler X).                                     

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I don’t even care if anymore reads this book, i just want to finish it.

I have told people that writing this book has been like brushing away like dirt from a fossil.

i don’t care so that my final product will seem totally natural and part of my essence.