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What advice has helped you the most as a writer? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For me it was advice from Dan Harmon: "Don't try to prove you're a good writer, you'll never write anything. Try to prove you're a bad writer and you'll write everything." Not perfect advice but it really does help me write when I'm being overly critical of my ideas.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

For me it was something along the lines of "you can't edit a blank page". And I know, it's a meme, but "just write, edit later". I used to get lost in planning and world building and then I discovered that I'm more of a pantser than a planner and voilá, here I am, actually finishing stuff.

Also, I came to like editing and revising now. I used to dislike it but now I enjoy it!