Demian Farnworth has some pretty smart ideas on this poster from Copyblogger about how to get that first draft done.
I suppose if you follow number 5, however, you don’t really have to follow any of the others.
With the series of MG paranormal adventures I’m working on right now, my biggest problem is going back and editing nitpicky details before I’ve gotten a big enough chunk of writing done.
I struggle sometimes with letting a mess happen and trying to clean it up after that first draft is complete. I worry that I’ll forget which direction I was heading in with the ideas if I leave it and come back to it later. I’m trying to put more trust in that part of the process right now and the ideas on this poster are helping me with that.
How about you? Which of these rules speaks loudest to you?
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The sitting down and actually writing rule. It never fails to amaze me that (even though I KNOW writing only improves and stories only progress with more actual, physical writing) I find so many excuses to distract me from it.
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