put this in the wrong forum first adsfghgdh

swc pep talk hopefully in the right place this time :cry:

This November, we’re working on improving our writing skills, collaborating with others, and having fun! Some of us even have goals to rewrite past works, and a lot of us want to do the best we can in writing our dailies. But we also have to remember not to worry too much about our first attempts being perfect.

Now, I know we all have the urge to edit as we go, because we’re not satisfied with our work and we want it to be perfect the first time. But when we do that, we tend to lose motivation and our quality of work flickers out. So let me ask you something: can you edit nothing? No, but you can edit something.

The thing about this is that, even though we may not like our first drafts, the point of them is to get the idea out there! Our idea needs a new home (that isn’t our brain, or it might run away too quickly) so that it can live there and develop! Once we have it out there, we can always revise it as we need.

First drafts can be frustrating, I know from experience. But here’s what you need to do: start writing. Just do it. Keep going, maybe set a timer for yourself. Don’t stop, just go. Even spelling mistakes don’t matter as long as your idea gets a chance to exist. Once you’ve got that, you’re basically unstoppable. Seeing our ideas on paper gets us excited about them! So go, you got this–write first, edit later!