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1) Mercedes Lackey famously rewrote her first trilogy seventeen times before it was published. You will not ruin your idea by writing it. 2) Even if you get your "first million terrible words" ou...
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2019-12-13T12:00:32Z (over 4 years ago)
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2019-12-08T04:51:30Z (over 4 years ago)
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1) Mercedes Lackey famously rewrote her first trilogy _seventeen times_ before it was published. You will not ruin your idea by writing it. 2) Even if you get your "first million terrible words" out of the way first, almost every first draft of every novel needs work. Your novel will still need editing whether your have experience or not. 3) Having an idea you love may keep you more motivated than "this crap thing I'm writing just to write." 4) You can write other things in the universe of your novel (short stories, backstories, character diaries) to get more experience, which will contribute to your novel before your start it.
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2015-12-14T18:11:51Z (over 8 years ago)
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