And again, whatever you can do to trick yourself out of all the worry and paralysis that that doubt causes, do it.

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Ms. PROSE: Well, what I tell my students is the important thing is to trick yourself into finishing a first draft, to do whatever it takes.

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The trick is maintaining dedicated engagement without letting yourself be carried away with your personal ingenuity.

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One trick to help you know when to delegate versus do it yourself is to compare it to your hourly worth.

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We've always believed that the perceived quality boost that comes from using high-end cables is really just a trick of the mind (read: justifying the ridiculous cost of premium cables to yourself) -- if you've dropped enough cash, you can probably hear anything you want.

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As enemies swarm from all sides, you'll find yourself pitching up and down, even turning 180 degrees from the TV, borrowing a trick from the 3DS and using the GamePad like an all-angles window into another dimension a totable version of the parallel universe viewscreen in Fringe.

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