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What do sports and writing have in common?

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What do sports and writing have in common?

What does playing sports have to do with writing a novel you may ask? After all, sports are physical activities, and writing is mostly mental. The only limbs writers move are their fingers, when they are on the keyboard, and their jaws, when they munch down cookies. However, a writer can relate to athletes who endure training to prepare for the competition with one goal in mind: winning. Plus, paraphrasing Yogi Berra, 99% of the game is 50% mental. A writer or novelist also has one goal in mind: to complete the novel.

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