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There are writers whose first drafts are so lean, so skimpy, that they must go back and add words,
There are writers whose first drafts are so lean, so skimpy, that they must go back and add words,
There are writers whose first drafts are so lean, so skimpy, that they must go back and add words,
There are writers whose first drafts are so lean, so skimpy, that they must go back and add words,
There are writers whose first drafts are so lean, so skimpy, that they must go back and add words,
There are writers whose first drafts are so lean, so skimpy, that they must go back and add words,
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