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There are going to be moments of deep, deep doubts, and you have to have faith that your initial idea was good and just muddle through.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Idea
Moments
Muddle
Ideas
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Writing
Initials
Going
Doubts
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Deep
Doubt
Faith

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