I chose and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken; the choosing was not. You have to move on.
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The worst thing you can do is censor yourself as the pencil hits the paper. You must not edit until you get it all on paper. If you can put everything down, stream-of-consciousness, you'll do yourself a service.
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