By Marya Zainab of Writing Happiness.
So you have defeated all the noises that play havoc inside your head, and finally put down something on paper – you have written a piece.
First of all, a big congratulations to you. First drafts are often the easiest to write provided you have understood them for what they are; just the first drafts – the initial write up. You will have many of them.
According to Natalie Goldberg of Bird by Bird and Writing Down the Bones, they are almost always shitty and you don’t know what your finished piece looks like – yet. But that’s ok, because now the real work of writing starts.
Gather your draft and start editing. This is where craft... More...
