Finishing that first draft is vital, so BUTT IN CHAIR!
Set yourself some goals and stick to them. One chapter a week, or a 2000 words a day– whatever you can reasonably accomplish in between your other job and family life , etc.
Who cares if your first draft is crappy– they usually are. Just get your ideas on the page, get a feel for your characters and where they are going, what they want. Give yourself permission to experiment. Give yourself permission to write like a fourth grader. Give yourself permission to scratch something out and start over! It’s okay. It’s a first draft! Drafts are meant to be re-”visioned”. But you can’t re-”vision” if there is nothing there!
Enough said. Stop reading and go write!
Next Wednesday, motivation–getting through the dreaded middle pages.
Below is the current list of contributing writers to the HOW I WRITE blog series.
Click a link and find out HOW I WRITE! (in alphabetical order, check us all out!)
Kendall Ashby Corbit- http://www.twokendals.blogspot.com/ Rated R
Kristine Asselin – http://krisasselin.blogspot.com/ Rated PG
Tatiana Caldwell – http://tatianacaldwell.com/blog Rated R
Isabelle Flynn – http://www.isabelleflynn.com/ Rated PG
Ansha Kotyk – http://www.anshakotyk.com/blog Rated PG
Laura Pauling – http://laurapauling.com/ Rated PG
Alexia Reed – http://alexiareed.blogspot.com Rated R
Gail Roarke – http://gailroarke.blogspot.com Rated NC-17
P.M. Rousseau – http://pmrousseau.com/ Rated R
So true. The wip doesn’t finish itself. Even when we don’t feel like it, we have to write!
Short but sweet. And very true. Just do it.
Okay, I’m going to write–as soon as I drop my daughter off at dance practice! I must write!