"You might not write well every day, but you can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page." --Jodi Picoult

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Hanabie@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

It's actually easier to discard scenes that bog down the pacing, or to summarize rambling if it's written badly. I switched from polishing after every session to just telling myself the story first, with no regard to the writing quality, which took off a lot of stress.

dethb0y@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y

That roughly matches my experience - once the stories out it's much easier to "fix" than it is to do fixes every day