Aim for the chopping block. If you aim for the wood, you will have nothing. Aim past the wood, aim through the wood; aim for the chopping block.
Annie Dillard in her classic, The Writing Life, a fine addition to these 9 essential books on writing and our running archive of writing advice.  (via explore-blog)
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