Nobody tells this to beginners

[crowdog66]

A quotation from Ira Glass on the subject of writing, but it applies to creativity in general…

What nobody tells people who are beginners - and I really wish someone had told this to me … is that all of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, and it’s

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[peskipiksi]

In writing, we call it the "just write" rule, as in "just write; don't worry that it's crap, because it is, just keep writing and the crap will get out of your system and the better stuff will fill in."

I need to paste this quote to my forehead or something.

[eru_a]

Yes, it's so true. Thank you for reminding me of this again. I struggle with it all the time. There's nothing you can do but just keep writing... ^ ^

[angelachristian]

I do it the same way *cough