I was not ready. I am not ready now. I will never be ready.

Oh well. I started anyway.

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Let’s talk about rough drafts. There’s a lot of ways to write one. Some people like to start with a meticulously crafted outline, complete with Roman numerals or alternating dots, dashes, and stars. Others prefer using index cards, which can range from simple white rectangles on a pin board to a splay of every neon color Office Max has ever sold scattered over the entirety of the linoleum kitchen floor because that’s the only space that has enough room in your home and oh God would someone please help with the dog why was he let out of his kennel shit now half your cards are in a crumpled mess under the cabinets.