“A good first draft is a poor first draft”

So simple to understand, so hard to let happen. More from John Dufresne: The problem is, it’s not that we want to write; it’s that we want to write well, right now! And that is to misunderstand the writing process. A good first draft is a poor first draft. You haven’t explored, discovered, taken risks, [...]

Tough love from John Dufresne

Yesterday I wrote about 900 words on a new story. I plan to glue my bottom to my chair and pound out the rest of a very rough draft in the day or so. The story idea itself has been kicking around in my head for about six months now, but I’d never found the [...]

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