Jennifer asked Sever Bronny:

How did you push through those inevitable feelings of "this is utter crap" when writing your first draft of your first novel?

Sever Bronny Hi Jennifer :)

By knowing that the book really is crafted in the coming drafts. I think it was Hemingway that said every first draft is utter garbage. The trick is layering and sprinkling in the fixes in future drafts. My books don't get good until about draft 3. So that first feeling of "utter crap" is just you telling yourself which parts need fixing. Pay attention to those feelings. Take notes. Fix on the drafts until you're like, "Okay this is great."

:)

flag