We all have this problem. OK, most of us have this problem. Certainly I have this problem: getting that first draft done.
Edan Lepucki takes a look at how other writers get it done in this post at The Millions.
How do you knock out the first draft? And what comes after?
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Thanks for the link. It's good to know that virtually every writer struggles with the first draft. I just start rambling about a character in first person until I inevitably switch to third person when the story demands it.
I tend to struggle all the way through my first draft. The rewrite the story keeping elements I liked.
Only once this second draft is done, do I revise and edit. :-)
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