MarcellusHarper
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So, I've had this story idea sort of haunting me for quite a while so I finally decided that the only way to exorcise it was to go ahead and write it. I'm a couple chapters in now and don't really like a lot of what I've produced. Not trying to be too critical of myself because this is a first effort but some of the narrative just doesn't really work or strikes me as kind of lame. I have ideas on how to go back and do some things differently but in ways that really alter the core concept.
I remember WAY back in high school, a teacher saying, "don't get too attached to your first draft" but I'd like to hear from some more experienced writers here. I get that this is probably a very subjective thing but I'm wondering if other writers allow second or third drafts to sort of go where they will or if it's better to kind of exert some willpower and stick with the original core concept.
I remember WAY back in high school, a teacher saying, "don't get too attached to your first draft" but I'd like to hear from some more experienced writers here. I get that this is probably a very subjective thing but I'm wondering if other writers allow second or third drafts to sort of go where they will or if it's better to kind of exert some willpower and stick with the original core concept.