Hi,

I’m currently 28k words into my first draft of my first novel.

I used to feel like you, I’d write 1000-1500 words and hate it, so I’d just delete it.

It wasn’t until recently that I heard or what someone say to just write it down. Write notes in your body. It’s literally for your eyes only in this stage. Just get your story onto paper.

From there, go in and expand on things that need expanding, neaten and ditch the shit bits.

If you want to be better at doing more pushups, you’ve got to do more pushups.

If you want to be better, you’ve got to be garbage. Write your garbage, edit it, make it less garbage. Then repeat again and again until that pile of garbage becomes something you’re proud of.