Writing rubbish

I read an article today by Michael Madden in Writing Magazine about allowing yourself to ‘write rubbish’.  A fellow-student on my MA in Creative Writing called it writing a ‘shitty first draft’ and assured us that was the correct term.

Call it what you will, one thing I know from years of study is this:

 You can’t edit a blank page.

 

Until something is written down, on paper or screen, it stays knocking around in your head and remains that (great but) elusive idea.

 

One of my New Year’s Resolutions is to get back into a routine of writing EVERY DAY.  This is today’s product, and I’ve still got time to read over my novel-in-progress so that I’m ready to write the next chapter at this time tomorrow.

 The recycling bin is there waiting should it be needed.