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By Ginny Wiehardt, About.com

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Keep supplies on hand.

Keep a supply of envelopes, paper, stamps, and printer ink on hand. Make multiple copies of your short stories. It's much easier to make yourself do this kind of administrative work if you have all the materials ready. If you have a good system in place, you're less likely to give up. Persistence really is the most important part of being a writer.

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