Mind Fucks and Other Fairy Larva

This changed me

I’ve read/ am reading fic that are upwards to 150,000 - 200,000. You’re telling me that authors that write for fun are writing a full-length book for the fun of it? They have earned my respect 10 fold.

OH MY GOD

Best trick I ever picked up. Seriously.

This is seriously the best advice, and it really helps put it into perspective that the first draft is just that- a draft. There’s no reason to agonize over a particularly tricky bit of writing when you could just leave it in brackets and skip to the good parts, the parts you’ve visualized. I also use brackets for [fact-check this], [use a stronger verb], [is this in character?] and other notes as I write, just so I don’t forget what I want to work on when I go back and edit. 

This works for academic writing too. If you know where you’re going just leave yourself notes to fill in later. I do this all the time,

This also works for smut. Sometimes, you need to just put [they fuck nasty in the dining room. Right on top of the table. The encounter lasts several hours and many unspeakable acts occur.] and then you can come back to it later. It works.