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Like many writers, up until that point I had approached my writing practice with resistance, self-doubt, and fear… When I first read Anne Lamott’s infamous chapter on “Shitty First Drafts” (SFDs) from her book Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, I felt as if someone had scooped me out of choppy waters…