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I only planted once each season despite the spring floods. Choosing short fiction also ended up being the right direction for me. I wrote 30 plus short stories that first year, and of these, six were eventually published. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/687fc6e862a1a562d5b82dc8/1cb844e5-901a-45cc-bbca-55374f1d1418/IMG_5176.JPG Blog - Gardening & Writing: Amazingly the Same - The End Result The end result in both gardening and writing, depends on how you begin. If you want luscious produce, if you want a story that sticks with readers, pay attention to starting with strong seedlings and a solid premise. Next Month Planting and drafting might as well be the same thing. Ditto for weeding and editing. 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