You CAN write a book!

You CAN write a book!

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You CAN write a book!
You CAN write a book!
Your First Draft Is Garbage!

Your First Draft Is Garbage!

(And That’s Exactly How It Should Be)

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Beth McMullen
Mar 19, 2025
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Let’s just cut to the chase: your first draft is trash. Absolute garbage. An unreadable mess. But guess what? That’s great! That’s amazing! That’s the entire point.

Yet so many writers freeze up at the blank page, paralyzed by the need to get it right on the first go. They want their words to be poetic, their plot to be airtight, their characters to spri…

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