Sean Deffely
I think it was Manfred Lee, one half of the writing team behind Ellery Queen, who wrote the following:
“Writers write”
I take that to mean that the first step to writing is just to sit down and write, let the words come out, There is plenty of time to go back over what you have, to edit it. I once even deleted about a day’s work, I just felt it forced and not very good. I think the key is if you want to be a writer, be a writer. I feel that I put it off for too long and once I just started to write it became much less intimidating.
“Writers write”
I take that to mean that the first step to writing is just to sit down and write, let the words come out, There is plenty of time to go back over what you have, to edit it. I once even deleted about a day’s work, I just felt it forced and not very good. I think the key is if you want to be a writer, be a writer. I feel that I put it off for too long and once I just started to write it became much less intimidating.
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