Don’t worry if you’re writing junk. This is necessary; it’s part of the process.
“I write badly in order to write well….I allow myself to play, to put together words, take them apart, and rearrange them. Free writing in great quantity is a terrific way to discover new ideas and clarify thinking, but of course we owe it to our readers to be succinct in the final version.”
~~Yvonne Siu-Runyan, “My Journey as a Writer—A Dozen Rewrites Later: Insights to Share with Students,” The Council Chronicle, Nov. 2011, p. 24
“I write badly in order to write well….I allow myself to play, to put together words, take them apart, and rearrange them. Free writing in great quantity is a terrific way to discover new ideas and clarify thinking, but of course we owe it to our readers to be succinct in the final version.”
~~Yvonne Siu-Runyan, “My Journey as a Writer—A Dozen Rewrites Later: Insights to Share with Students,” The Council Chronicle, Nov. 2011, p. 24
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