"[Be] willing to write really badly. It won�t hurt you to do that. I think there is this fear of writing badly, something primal about it, like: �This bad stuff is coming out of me�� Forget it! Let it float away and the good stuff follows. For me, the bad beginning is just something to build on. It�s no big deal. You have to give yourself permission to do that because you can�t expect to write regularly and always write well. That�s when people get into the habit of waiting for the good moments, and that is where I think writer�s block comes from. Like: It�s not happening. Well, maybe good writing isn�t happening, but let some bad writing happen� When I was writing �The Keep,� my writing was so terrible. It was God-awful. My working title for that first draft was, A Short Bad Novel. I thought: �How can I disappoint?� "
Hah! Amazing~
This makes me feel less bad about my overwrought, angsty-dark-emo garbage.
Maybe I'm trying to exhume something brighter.
I mean... maybe not.
But I can't seriously think that I can just be amazing at it straight out the gates.
Like I always hope I am, with everything.
7:50 p.m. - 2014-05-07
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