That's where editing and revision come in. No one ought to expect to be brilliant first thing of the bat (though I'm well aware that many do, and in fact I do in a lab setting, despite being often disabused of this notion).
I do think you ought to try your hand at original stuff, too.
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Date: 2006-07-18 04:40 pm (UTC)I do think you ought to try your hand at original stuff, too.