/lit/ - Literature

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Literally the only thing you can do is just that, "just keep writing", but changing your mindset about it works wonders

My first three drafts of any short story I write are what I call my "shit writing" exercises. I just vomit up words on a page without much thinking. It's an incoherent babble of 95% garbage, but I mine it and find the 5% gold.

Then I take that 5% gold and vomit up another shit heap, except this one has more direction so its more like 85% shit and 15% gold. Rinse and repeat.

I don't actually start trying until the 4th or 5th draft, and by then I have a pretty good understanding of the story, what works and what doesn't, etc.

I guess my advice is, if you're ever feeling stuck in your writing, just try generating a lot of words on the topic without pausing to think. Just vomit up some incoherent shit on the subject, because the good stuff is always wrapped in shit at first but you gotta get your hands dirty and dig it out. The only way you'll do that is if you get digging.