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Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.

E. L. Doctorow
Inspiration, Writing, Talking
E. L. Doctorow, Christopher D. Morris (1999). “Conversations with E.L. Doctorow”, p.9, Univ. Press of Mississippi
Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.