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Originally Posted by hoichi
Your (or mine) first draft might as well end up a spectacularly bad bastardized hybrid of your own original ideas. Whatever that means. At this point in history there's hardly a character, setting or plot turn that haven't been done multiple times before. It's how you spin it and whether or not it all comes together nicely.
But, yeah, I wouldn't worry about it before December. That's why first draft is often called sh***y draft: it's just a start.
I'd say, if you do lose your sleep, at least sit down and write  |
Yep. Books aren't written they're re-written. I don't think there is a writer anywhere who can just sit down and write out a story that doesn't need any editing to make it work well. I'd say it's not unlike a sculptor creating a statue. First he/she has to do the rough shaping of the statue (the 1st draft) and then they have to carve out the details and smooth the surface of the work (editing).