Screenwriting 101: Lawrence Block
“One thing that helps is to give myself permission to write badly. I tell myself that I’m going to do my five or ten pages no matter what…
“One thing that helps is to give myself permission to write badly. I tell myself that I’m going to do my five or ten pages no matter what, and that I can always tear them up the following morning if I want. I’ll have lost nothing — writing and tearing up five pages would leave me no further behind than if I took the day off.”
— Lawrence Block
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