When Writing Your First Draft, Don't Be Afraid to Write Like Crap

Filling a blank page with words is hard.

Fixing a bunch of terrible words is a little easier.

As one reddit user points out, writing like crap is acceptable during the early stages.

Worrying over whether it’s “good” or not is an exercise you save until you’re done.

Write an awful sentence.

Shit, write an awful chapter.

Go back and change it later.

You don’t have to be a professional writer for this to be useful.

In fact, non-professionals probably need to hear it more.

you’re free to fix it later.