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1. I had a writing teacher that always called the first draft

Tue Jan 17, 2012, 12:23 PM

Jan 2012

the dreck draft.

It helped me get stuff on the page without worrying about the end result.

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Things I learned this past week about writing. [View all] Neoma Jan 2012 OP

I had a writing teacher that always called the first draft geardaddy Jan 2012 #1

I'm still suffering in the dreck draft stage. Neoma Jan 2012 #2

Don't give up. geardaddy Jan 2012 #3

I don't do that any more. Neoma Jan 2012 #4

Well, that sucks. geardaddy Jan 2012 #7

Eh, I was talking about the writers group. Neoma Jan 2012 #8

You need to find a new writers group, then. geardaddy Jan 2012 #9

Oh I don't know about that. Neoma Jan 2012 #10

Yeah, the only other way is to be James Joyce... Chan790 Jan 2012 #5

Or Ray Bradbury's Farenhiet 451 Neoma Jan 2012 #6

In my opinion you also cannot SheilaT Jan 2012 #13

The hardest part for me has always been getting the 1st draft done... Fearless Jan 2012 #14