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On the first draft: you won't. First drafts are almost invariably clunkers. But your first draft is not meant to shine. Your first draft is meant to get the story onto paper and out of your head w...
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2019-12-13T12:00:06Z (almost 5 years ago)
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2019-12-08T02:13:20Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
On the first draft: you won't. First drafts are almost invariably clunkers. But your first draft is not meant to shine. Your first draft is meant to get the story onto paper and out of your head where it's been languishing for years. Once it's on paper, _then_ you can edit, revise, polish, and get an editor/editors to scrub out the bland and generic. But you can't do that until it's written. So give yourself permission to be bland. Give yourself permission to be generic. I promise it's okay. You will be able to fix it later.
#1: Imported from external source
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2012-02-23T11:23:57Z (over 12 years ago)
Original score: 9