Great reminder on what not to worry about

The second half of that quote is “It’s all small stuff.”

Jean's Writing

In other words…

I need to use this as my screen saver. A constant reminder that my first draft doesn’t have to be perfect.

I’ve rewritten the same chapter at least five times. Tweaking a comma here, a comma there, putting commas everywhere only to go back rewrite the sentence and throw out all the commas.

That’s just one example of how I worry over small stuff that should wait until the damn book is finished.

Thanks go out to Janice Hardy over at Fiction University for a great reminder in this terrific post on writing first and fixing last.

Things I want to remember about writing…

• The novel doesn’t have to be planned and structured to the last detail before I start writing.
• Complete the thought and don’t worry about crossing every t and dotting every eye. Time for that later.
• Don’t worry about too many characters in a draft…

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