{"id":13637,"date":"2025-01-22T05:09:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T12:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=13637"},"modified":"2025-01-21T17:09:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T00:09:37","slug":"know-when-to-quit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/know-when-to-quit\/","title":{"rendered":"Know When to Quit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"587\" height=\"104\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Brevity-Blog.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13638\" style=\"width:214px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Brevity-Blog.jpg 587w, https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Brevity-Blog-300x53.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m a fan of <a href=\"https:\/\/brevity.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brevity Blog<\/a>. Here\u2019s a favorite:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Quitting Time: Why You Need to Let Go of That Writing Project&#8221;\u00a0by <a href=\"https:\/\/allisonkwilliams.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Allison K. Williams<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs writers, we\u2019re sold on the value of perseverance. Just do another draft. Just keep working. Send another query, another submission.&nbsp;<em>One day you\u2019ll break through.<\/em>&nbsp;Sit down and finish. Now. Today. This week. In fifteen-minute increments while waiting for carpool, or in one wild coffee-fueled weekend.&nbsp;<em>I think I can, I think I can.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I can get to the end of this sentence. This paragraph. This page. This essay. This book.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But there\u2019s value in quitting, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/brevity.wordpress.com\/?s=why+you+need+to\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Quitting Time<\/a>\u201d to read the rest of Allison\u2019s Blog Post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m a fan of Brevity Blog. Here\u2019s a favorite: &#8220;Quitting Time: Why You Need to Let Go of That Writing Project&#8221;\u00a0by Allison K. Williams. \u201cAs writers, we\u2019re sold on the value of perseverance. Just do another draft. Just keep working. Send another query, another submission.&nbsp;One day you\u2019ll break through.&nbsp;Sit down and finish. Now. Today. 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