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It's my belief that you should never show your work to anyone in the publishing world until it shines like a diamond. Rough drafts don't shine, as a rule. Mine certainly didn't. That's why I was rejected for years and years.

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
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