I will always be grateful to Annie Lamott for introducing me to the concept of “Shitty First Drafts” in Bird by Bird. I am now beginning to understand that there is a second, equally important, directive: “Spell check it and publish it.”
Getting the draft out of my head is only a starting point. We perfectionists, cowards, and procrastinators can use the shitty first draft to alleviate the sting of “not getting started” and yet still not accomplish the needful thing.
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