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I feel your pain. I wrote myself to sleep this morning. But take heart. If you’ve got the bulk of it down, you’re in good shape.

Step away and don’t think about it for as long as you can afford to. Go back with fresh eyes. Read it through in one sitting without pause and note what doesn’t flow or feel right.

Then resolve to “keep things simple.”

Someone (Hemingway?) said: anything that can be said can be said clearly and simply – and should be.

Your duty is to be clear, concise and technically thorough. If you do that, you really can’t be boring. I’ve never been bored by anything written clearly by somebody who clearly knew what he was writing about.

On the sterner side, I’m afraid “writing is rewriting.” No way around it (except for those gifted few among us born with the grace of the first draft.)

Good luck. Remember, “Love and deadlines make the world go around.”