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The Writerly Update: Stupid Train Edition
Aug. 12th, 2010 11:03 pmI haven't gotten very far on the short story rewrite I started last week, but there has been progress. Said progress took the form of the following stages:
Stage 1: I can't do this! I don't know how to write! I'm a hack!
Stage 2: I can totally do this. I just need to figure out the right starting place. Ah, there it is.
Stage 3: Remember how you're rewriting most of this from scratch? That makes it a first draft essentially. So stop trying to make it perfect and just keep writing already, dumbass.
Stage 4: Writing! I'm writing! I'm in the zone! I'm picking up steam and . . . crap, here's my train stop.
Stage 1: I can't do this! I don't know how to write! I'm a hack!
Stage 2: I can totally do this. I just need to figure out the right starting place. Ah, there it is.
Stage 3: Remember how you're rewriting most of this from scratch? That makes it a first draft essentially. So stop trying to make it perfect and just keep writing already, dumbass.
Stage 4: Writing! I'm writing! I'm in the zone! I'm picking up steam and . . . crap, here's my train stop.
