I Loathe Writing First Drafts!

I loathe writing first drafts. LOATHE IT.

There. I said it.

I know, I know. I’ve heard all the writerly bromides: “First drafts are  supposed to be bad.” “You can fix anything but a blank page.” But the perfectionist who lives in my head doesn’t listen. She’s singing, “Let it suck, let it suck, let it suck!” – to the tune of “Let It Snow” – at the top of her lungs, and not believing a word of it. Being I’m seventeen chapters into my WIP, with three more chapters and an Epilogue to go, the fi...