Imagine showing a bowl of batter to someone who has never baked a cake. They might doubt that batter would ever become a "real" cake.

Batter doesn't look like cake; it can't. It's just a baker's first draft. Keep writing!

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Your first draft is gonna be pure trash. Yoda already called it. Stop overthinking, open the doc, and vomit the words out. Awful is the starting line. Just start, padawan.

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Every flower blooms in its own time
And in its own way.

Ken Petti
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The First Draft

A first draft doesn't have to be beautiful. It just has to exist. 📖

What part of your first draft are you most excited to rewrite?

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I mean, at least you know I actually wrote it, and not one of our new machine overlords? That’s the silver lining I’ve decided to take out of these moments.

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It is better to write a bad first draft than to write no first draft at all.

~ Will Shetterly

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What Is A First Draft? How To Write And Finish Yours | Your first draft doesn’t have to be perfect — it just has to exist. Find out what a first draft is and how to keep writing when the words don’t come easily. By @amandaonwriting.bsky.social #writingsky #firstdraft

First draft of "Kade Silver and the 2045 Seattle World's Fair" is complete! Giving it a day or two to settle and then reading over for notes and big story edits I already know need to happen.

Very excited!

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Get the full story onto the page you can always dodge the occasional hornet during your second draft!
What’s the biggest challenge you face when writing a first draft?
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Write the First Draft: Focus on finishing rather than perfecting. The goal is to get the story on the page, even if it is messy.

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See now our Daedalus and his Minotaur...
First draft yes. But here is a sneaky peek of #stormchaser
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"Wow, that draft is dreadful..."

Compliments to the author; you actually got it on the page!

First drafts are supposed to suck. Write first, edit later. 🦔

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Five Great Quotations about Fiction
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