How to Write the Perfect First Draft

Writing
  1. Tell yourself the story
  2. Don’t stress about whether or not it will make sense to anyone else
  3. Do include as many details as possible, aware that you will be adding more
  4. If you get stuck on a scene, skip it, you’re slowing yourself down
  5. Don’t obsess over your weaknesses (details, dialogue, etc)
  6. Do keep fucking going until you have reached the end
  7. That is it, you have written the perfect first draft

There is no such thing as a flawless first draft. If you think you’ve done it, you are lying to yourself. Just get the story out of you and then turn it into one that others will want to read.

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