Prompt: "Poutine . . . is . . . GOD."
Suggested Listening: I Need a Dollar - Aloe Blacc
Quote: "Any old place I can hang my hat is home sweet home to me." - William Jerome
All first drafts suck. It's a fact. It isn't going to change any time soon. Sorry.
You, as a writer, can't let that discourage you. There will be days when you look back at what you've written on a specific project and just want to burn whatever you wrote it on. We all have those days. The mark of strength comes from surviving those days with our unfinished first drafts intact. I have three rules that I strictly adhere to when I'm writing:
One: Never, ever, EVER edit ANYTHING until you're done.
Two: Never be caught without something to write with. Paper and writing surfaces are everywhere - the utensils with which to write, however, are not.
Three: Write to tell a story. Never write to be popular.
Until your project is finished, don't even change a misspelled word.
Do. Not. Edit. Until. You. Are. Finished.
Once you've put down the last punctuation mark of the last sentence of the last paragraph of the last chapter, go hog-wild with it if you want to. I personally find that leaving it for a few weeks - upwards of a few years, depending on what else I'm working on - lets me return to it with less of a desire to burn it for sucking.
Also, sorry for the late blog post. I meant to hop on the laptop before going to work, but I ended up sleeping in.
Peace.
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