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I've decided that my process consists of throwing myself at the computer often enough that writing happens.
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The speaker describes writing as a practice built on repeated effort rather than a carefully controlled method. “Throwing myself at the computer” is a humorous image of sitting down and trying again, while “often enough” suggests that regular persistence eventually produces written work.
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