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[quote name="Ray, of Light"][quote name="<a href=http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=lang_en|lang_fr|lang_de|lang_es&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&safe=off&selm=1etblrd.1o0ymebz31i7qN%25solan%40nonserviam.com> Svein Olav Nyberg</a>, on 12 May 2001, "]It may also be that your problem is too great a "self-consciousness" as the english speakers call it. When you write, your best friend is the waste basket. Write for the waste basket. Put your heart into writing for the waste basket; that takes the edge off the nerves about performance. Very Zen. Very "just do it". Do you think this philosophy will help you? I hope so. Try it. Try and fail, with lots of fail, is the way to excellence in most things. [/quote] [/quote]