For a writer, the willingness to write a bad first draft is one of the most devastating weapons against procrastination.
Dirty Sci-Fi Buddha
Musings and books from a grunty overthinker
For a writer, the willingness to write a bad first draft is one of the most devastating weapons against procrastination.
Dirty Sci-Fi Buddha 
Truer words have never been said!! This has been one of my biggest problems since I started my quick draf
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Keep plugging! It only gets easier! 🙂
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that’s amazing insight; thanks so much for sharing it with me and us.
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No problem!
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It is so true. Being able to allow myself to just throw the whole story out on paper without trying to edit or censor myself has been the greatest tool in beating the procrastination.
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Yep! I can always fix my crappy crap later, lol!
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Very true!
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Press on through. Revise at leisure.
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*procrasturbation
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Hahaha!
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So very true. Once I realized this I started writing more and I think my writing has improved.
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In the long run, as long as you keep writing, you’ll get better. Keep plugging! 🙂
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One of my biggest frustrations with my writer’s group was that most of them wanted to perfect the story one chapter at a time, too afraid to write a bad first draft. Thus, they never got past the first few chapters. My goal is to write that bad first draft. It will often become a different story altogether by the time I’m done revising and editing but at least I have something to work with.
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Yeah absolutely! I’m totally open to my story becoming different as I write it. I’ve ditched entire subplots and pieces of setting, because in the end, I want the reader to have a good experience. I’m not looking to force my neediness on them.
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First bake the cake. Then worry about the icing, and the little sugar letters, and the cool little details you want to draw on with the funky colored gel stuff that comes in the tubes, and the candles, and the sparklers… Has been a problem for us too, but we’ve found that the sooner you bang out a solid first draft, the sooner you’ll find all the little ways to make it better, and eventually, into a solid final product. Not that we’re even close to being experts at it yet either, but that’s the point, right?
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Word!(s)
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A difficult balance
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Damn it, wrong post, but the words so still apply, I think
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Well I’m flattered that you commented, wrong post or not. 🙂
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It is! 🙂
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