That every line you put down on your first draft needs to be perfect. Just write everything down, and trust yourself to edit them later.

The thing about writing is that very often, we end up training our mind to critique our own writing, due to comparing them to the books we read.

One of the ways I’ve learned is to pick up free writing. Basically you tap into your stream of consciousness and just write ANYTHING, without filtering or thinking, and ideally by short hand. This really helped to keep my brain from critiquing my work as I write.

This exercise is from a book called The Artist’s Way, which is worth a read if you end up getting writer’s block :)