Comments on: Tomorrow I attempt to Write a Novel http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2007/11/01/tomorrow-i-attempt-to-write-a-novel/ Thoughts on the Journey Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:40:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Bethany http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2007/11/01/tomorrow-i-attempt-to-write-a-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-30059 Bethany Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:25:38 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2007/11/01/tomorrow-i-attempt-to-write-a-novel/#comment-30059 Ariah, best of luck to you! So far I am having a blast writing this thing -- it's wonderful to turn off my inner editor and just go for output. I don't have to worry about internal consistencies, plot intelligibilty, character development, etc. etc. I am free to write. I have had these characters bumping around in my head for quite a while, and it feels good to finally get to know them better. No one's first draft is any good. That's very comforting news. I'm also giving myself permission not to finish. I figure if I get even a few thousand words down, that's a few thousand words I didn't have down before. Godspeed! Ariah, best of luck to you! So far I am having a blast writing this thing — it’s wonderful to turn off my inner editor and just go for output. I don’t have to worry about internal consistencies, plot intelligibilty, character development, etc. etc. I am free to write. I have had these characters bumping around in my head for quite a while, and it feels good to finally get to know them better.

No one’s first draft is any good. That’s very comforting news. I’m also giving myself permission not to finish. I figure if I get even a few thousand words down, that’s a few thousand words I didn’t have down before. Godspeed!

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