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Brandon Sanderson / Re: What can writers learn from Mistborn? --Spoilers Abound--
« on: November 05, 2008, 03:39:56 AM »
What I learned from all this is not to be afraid of drafts. I usually feel that my story needs to be near perfect the first time out, but now I realize that it's a first draft. Go ahead and info dump. go ahead and go on tangents. go ahead and get the main character (and all the side character's) names wrong. Don't worry, because it's a first draft.
Something too transparent the first time? move it farther down, or hint. Beginning taking too long? Cut. oh for the love of sanity, cut. But realize that the first draft is there to get the story on paper, like a lump of clay. The other drafts are to make that book the best it possibly can be.
Something too transparent the first time? move it farther down, or hint. Beginning taking too long? Cut. oh for the love of sanity, cut. But realize that the first draft is there to get the story on paper, like a lump of clay. The other drafts are to make that book the best it possibly can be.