Ada Quill

Edinburgh

Ada Quill

Writer and notebook hoarder. Editor of Story.

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Focus

The hour before anyone is awake

What finishes a piece of work is rarely inspiration. It is a deadline, a collaborator, or the specific embarrassment of having told someone it was nearly done.

The hour before anyone is awake

Craft

The second draft is the real one

Attention is not a quantity you have, it is a shape you make. Two uninterrupted hours and four interrupted half-hours are not the same material, and no amount of arithmetic will tu

The second draft is the real one

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