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Pivotal to a happy writing life is a practice of daily personal writing.

Julia Cameron

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Julia Cameron
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 4
Film Director
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Teacher
Writer
Libertyville
Illinois
Happy
Writing
Life
Pivotal
Daily
Personal
Practice

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