For Writers - Permission to Suck

This week's tip is a day early because I will be away from my computer tomorrow.

The tip is simple. Give yourself permission to suck.

Remember that you are not alone when you write that sucky first draft. Your words do not have to be perfect their first time out on the page, so don't get discouraged or give up because they aren't. Even the best of the best rewrite:

"If I waited for perfection, I would never write a word." — Margaret Atwood

"You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out wr...
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Published on March 26, 2011 14:23
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