Unlock the Secret to Crushing Procrastination and Finally Getting Things Done!
Go back to Page 1. Tinker with the opening. Rewrite. Go back to Page 1. Tinker some more. Back to Page 1…
That’s not rewriting. That’s perfectionism. There is a place for that… but in your final draft, not in the first draft process.
Do not expect perfection… because your first draft is going to be flawed no matter what.
Indeed if you embrace the spirit of a first draft — Get the damn thing done! — that should free you up to pound it out.
You’ve done the hard work of finding as much of the story as you can during prep. Now it’s all about putting words down, scene by scene, page by page, from FADE IN to FADE OUT.
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