Ten years ago, the perfectionist in me would have never allowed myself to cut loose like that. It also let me understand my story better.īy the end of that session, I rearranged those chaotic, unfinished scenes into semi-order. It was a hodge-podge of confusion, but it was still twenty new pages that gave me solid bones to my book. When I hit a wall with that particular scene, I immediately switched to whichever scene struck me next. I typed as fast as possible, writing as much as I could about the characters, their dialogue and setting, but I also typed phrases like: describe the cemetery more here, research huffing hairspray later (I know, I’m sick and twisted). That first day at my laptop, I wrote tiny snippets of at least a dozen different scenes. This is true whether it’s novels, short stories, memoirs or how-to’s. Perfectionism KILLS Creativity and Productivity Let’s discuss three pitfalls I’ve learned with rough drafts. I’m trying to apply what I’ve learned in the past to remain more sane this go-round. It sounds so simple, but writing rough drafts can be so difficult to actually accomplish.įortunately, I’ve completed four other novels and will publish book number four later this year. I just require about 70,000+ more words to fill in the blanks and have a finished rough draft. I’ve started a new novel-as in a blank “page one” in need of 275 to 400 more pages to be complete. I’m lucky, because this book is second in a series, so I already have the plot and framework in mind (sort of ).
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