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You may have the da Vinci Disease . . .

Have you heard of the da Vinci Disease? Here it is:  You have ideas of what to write about. But you never finish because you never start.  Or you start and can’t find a way to finish to your satisfaction. You may have a burning desire to write, but there’s never time or maybe you suffer from the da Vinci Disease. The following is excerpted from “The da Vinci Disease,” by Don Fry, March 2014 issue of the Writer Magazine. “Leonardo da Vinci never finished anything because he thought he couldn’t achieve perfection.  We all know writers, including ourselves, who can’t (or don’t) finish their work. The root cause is usually a da Vincian rage for perfection, which takes many forms.” Don Fry’s list of why we don’t finish our writing. Italics are Marlene’s comments. We don’t start. ‘Nuff said. Too much gathering.  Some writers keep gathering information but never…