First Drafts

I have been working on writing the rough draft of my fantasy for many months and there are days when I just hate it. I have written over 21,000 words but I still have more than 8,000 to go! Sometimes I struggle with is how terrible my book feels. It's frustrating to have a great story idea in my mind but then when I go to write it down, it stinks.

"The first draft of anything is garbage." - Earnest Hemingway

One thing that I have found very encouraging is how many quotes I have found on Pinterest or blogs that remind me that my first draft doesn't have to be good or even make sense, it just has to be
written.
Im-writing-a-first-draft-Shannon-Hale 


Editing and revising will come later. Right now I just need to write... even if it's terrible.


Katherine Paterson quote 

Well, thanks for listening to my rant about what I have been struggling with recently!
Sometime this week, I hope to put up a post of a fun sewing project I will be working on. :)

~CH~

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