“A novel has roughly six stages of 'done.'
1: 'I know how it ends, but not how to do it.'
2: 'I know how to do it, but haven't written it.'
3: 'I wrote it, but it sucks.'
4: 'I wrote it again, but it needs work.'
5: 'I finished the work, but I'm still not happy.'
6: 'good enough'”
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