Nothing worked better for me than accepting the first draft is just that. By accepting the first draft isn’t the final draft, by accepting rewrites are simply a part of the process, only then could I let myself write the non-perfect mess needed to form into the final novel.
And sometimes the cat decides she wants to wear the tux and damn cummerbund...
Thank you for the sage advice, Sonal. All very valuable!
Thank you for this, I will follow the spark and I will be brave
“There’s no wrong way to do this.” Oh wow. Thank you for all of this, and this part especially!
Nothing worked better for me than accepting the first draft is just that. By accepting the first draft isn’t the final draft, by accepting rewrites are simply a part of the process, only then could I let myself write the non-perfect mess needed to form into the final novel.