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I like revising much, much better than getting down a first draft. The first draft is just getting the pieces to the puzzle. Then I get to put the puzzle together!

Judy Blume

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Judy Blume
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: February 12
Film Writer
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Elizabeth
New Jersey
Judith Blume
Judith Sussman
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