Writing on a computer makes saving what's been written too easy. Pretentious lead sentences are kept, not tossed. Instead of sitting surrounded by crumpled paper, the computerized writer has his mistakes neatly stored in digital memory.

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Been Computer Digital Easy His Instead Kept Lead Makes Memory Mistakes Neatly Paper Pretentious Saving Sentences Sitting Stored Surrounded Too Tossed Writer Writing Written

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