pikestaff:

julesrkelley:

quinnandersonwrites:

milktomiilky:

humanityinahandbag:

Fanfiction is easier to write than original because the world is already established. If you’re someone who’s giving up on their dream of writing original fiction because it’s not flowing like the former, remember that, please? Write shit. Write freely and terribly. Write a first draft that’s everywhere and nowhere. Because once it’s done and you’re left with a mess, you’ve also established yourself a world. And the second and third drafts will follow with much more ease. Let yourself be messy in creating your own worlds.

This is exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you.

As a published author, I can say this advice is LEGIT. Get the first draft down. Don’t stress about it. Let it be messy. But get it down. You can always fix it later.

The best piece of advice i ever got was, you can edit a terrible first draft. You can’t edit a blank page.

Don’t think about it as a first draft.  Think about it as Draft Zero.