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Houdini Is Alive

Houdini Is Alive

Jul 02, 2019
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There are only a handful of crescendo moments when writing a book. As you either know or have guessed, the formula for writing a book is:

4 * (Isolation + Frustration + 2*(Time) + Thesaurus + Doubt) = Draft

666 * Draft = Rejection

∞ * Rejection = Book

Because of this, there are very few moments to do a touchdown dance. You want to do one when you complete …

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