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justification

A writer’s battle against the -tions: procrastination and distraction

March 14, 2014 by annalisa 3 Comments

Writers hate a lot of –tion words–particularly procrastination and distraction. Procrastination isn’t my worst enemy; well, at least not as formidable a foe as distraction.  Distraction is a shape-shifter: it takes many forms.  Mostly, it takes the form of something that ends with .com, and is accompanied by its favorite –tion travel pal: justification. Chapter … [Read more…]

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