It doesn’t matter what you write – at least in the beginning
Perfectionism is the most common reason for so-called writer's block .
Writing often fails because of the simple question: “What should I write?”
Even here we often have the ambition to write a bestseller.
“The topic must be fantastic! Change the world! Goethe should rise from the dead while reading!”
This setting blocks writing.
Writing has to be fun. It has to flow out of you like water from a well.
However, to enjoy the process, you need one thing:
Exercise.
Without practice, writing is unusual for your georgia telegram screening brain - and therefore tiring. Regular practice not only helps against writer's block, but also against perfectionism.
In her book “ Bird by Bird ”*, author Anne Lamott therefore recommends : Write about your lunch.
Because at the beginning it doesn't matter what you write. The main thing is that you write.
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5) The first draft is always crap
The first draft – no matter what – is always modest.
There are composers who had the reputation of having their music “in their head” and putting it on paper flawlessly in just one attempt.
Until they found the manuscripts on which they had changed, crossed out and corrected something a hundred times.