WRITE LIKE YOU'RE SKIING DOWNHILL
Here is a writing tip that helps me:
Write like you’re skiing downhill, a little too fast, almost out of control.
Don’t sweat the quality of the writing on first draft, just tell the story.
And don’t re-read it until you are done, until the first draft is finished.
Nothing is as important as momentum.
Don’t show it to anybody until you have read the first draft and made your changes.
When you are first learning how to ski, you feel awkward, nervous, a little scared. Then, as you learn, you become more confident, until you are flying downhill, carving the turns and catching some air. The same thing is true of learning to write.
Going fast keeps me from being critical, from analyzing every line, from revising as I go, which is usually a waste of time.
When you finish, it's amazing how much of it holds up.
Good luck. Thanks for reading and for being on Goodreads.
RA
Write like you’re skiing downhill, a little too fast, almost out of control.
Don’t sweat the quality of the writing on first draft, just tell the story.
And don’t re-read it until you are done, until the first draft is finished.
Nothing is as important as momentum.
Don’t show it to anybody until you have read the first draft and made your changes.
When you are first learning how to ski, you feel awkward, nervous, a little scared. Then, as you learn, you become more confident, until you are flying downhill, carving the turns and catching some air. The same thing is true of learning to write.
Going fast keeps me from being critical, from analyzing every line, from revising as I go, which is usually a waste of time.
When you finish, it's amazing how much of it holds up.
Good luck. Thanks for reading and for being on Goodreads.
RA
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