http://midwesternboy.com/2009/11/04/nanowrimo-09-%e2%80%93-the-festering/ Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:20:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://midwesternboy.com/2009/11/04/nanowrimo-09-%e2%80%93-the-festering/comment-page-1/#comment-32862 JD Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:48:05 +0000 http://midwesternboy.com/?p=377#comment-32862 You know, I have a copy of Bird by Bird on my shelf, I apparently really should read it sometime...maybe in December. You know, I have a copy of Bird by Bird on my shelf, I apparently really should read it sometime…maybe in December.

]]> http://midwesternboy.com/2009/11/04/nanowrimo-09-%e2%80%93-the-festering/comment-page-1/#comment-32861 Kim U. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:05:41 +0000 http://midwesternboy.com/?p=377#comment-32861 This reminds me a lot of Anne Lamotte's book <i>Bird by Bird</i>, especially her chapter "Shitty First Drafts." She talks about how sometimes the hardest thing is just to get started because the idea of a first draft can be scary. But once you accept that first drafts are usually bad and will be revised, then it gets easier (at least for me). So the idea of shitting out a first draft of a novel isn't such a bad one :) This reminds me a lot of Anne Lamotte’s book Bird by Bird, especially her chapter “Shitty First Drafts.” She talks about how sometimes the hardest thing is just to get started because the idea of a first draft can be scary. But once you accept that first drafts are usually bad and will be revised, then it gets easier (at least for me). So the idea of shitting out a first draft of a novel isn’t such a bad one

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