DWP Episode 18: Write First, Edit Later

Dauntless Writing Podcast Episode 18: Write First, Edit Later

When someone is wearing two hats at the same time, you can guarantee that the results will be sub optimal and open for mockery. So why try to do that as a writer? Have you ever thought, while creating your first draft, that “this isn’t very good”? What happened to your productivity? What happened to your writing in that exact moment. Like the sod wearing two hats, you felt unbalanced, ungainly, and unproductive. Stop wearing two hats. Write first, and edit later.

In this podcast: When writing

• You have a main job, and it’s not editing;
• Turn off all the things!;
• Saying: “I’m creating right now”;
• On giving yourself permission to write, and only to write;
• Saying: “I’ll fix this later”; and
• On what to do then “Is this any good?” pops up in your mind.

When editing

• The Elements of Style by E. B. White and William Strunk, Jr.;
• Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself Into Print by Renni Browne, Dave King;
• Stephen King’s suggestions On Writing (and editing);
• Roles and Goals for each scene; and
• Apps for when spell-checker is woefully inadequate.

Links

Hemmingway app
Grammarly
Stephen King on Writing
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers
Elements of Style E. B. White and William Strunk, Jr.

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