- Oct 2024
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As you write the draft, you’ll crystallize some elements of your thinking, elements you can pick out later and use.
The author means you will find hidden gems that come to light in your mind that you might want to consider writing about because these thoughts were not there before you start writing your first draft. They're saying in order to have the ideas and completion you want you must start somewhere.
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writing is not rapturous. In fact, the only way I can get anything written at all is to write really, really shitty first drafts
personal connection; as a person who took creative writing in high school I found this to be immensely true for me. I take writing very seriously and writer's block can be a headache. I found myself going though this less when I started asking myself questions and writing down the first couple sentences that came to mind. Good or bad it will get the creative gear rotating.
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They do not type a few stiff warm-up sentences and then find themselves bounding along like huskies across the snow.
simile; literary device. comparing 2 things using the words "like" or "as". The writer here is trying to explain it's not the easiest to create your 'perfect writing' but that should not be an excuse to type up something stale and unoriginal. He does this by comparing 'finished' ragged work to a husky carrying on in the snow.
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Even so, many of my nonfiction writer colleagues have embraced her prescription.
extended metaphor: comparing the fact that even though an audience can be used to one ideal they can still embrace and even appreciate the author's work. In this sense nonfiction writers found themselves captivated in a novel they usually wouldn't personally relate to. titles, looks, brands, and even books can be deceiving you never know who can take a piece from your work ypu just have to start it.
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