“Write then edit, don’t edit then write.” – MvP

Day 2: I never finished a book before I learnt this. I never finished a first chapter. I was such a perfectionist that I edited everything & never completed anything. Now I just write. I throw it all down on the page, I swim in the words, I delight in the glorious mess and the unexpected miracles. Then, when I’m done – and only then – I go back and edit. Perhaps I’ll edit a dozen drafts or more. But don’t edit your first draft, or you’ll never finish your book.

Pic: I saw this in my favourite Cambridge bookshop – Heffers – & thought of The House at the End of Hope Street