The First, The Last

I do not write shitty first drafts. In fact, I do not write drafts at all. However, anything can be a draft if you never consider it proper enough for publication. Similar to Dila’s idea about the concept of spewing first and improving later, I simply cannot do it. To write with the belief, “it’ll be better the next round”, will never allow the writer to reach true perfection (or at least as close to it as they can get). You must write like everything is final in order to have the best outcome. It’s like the phrase, “put your best foot forward”. When finding myself working on a piece, I obsess over each sentence, every word, every syllable. If you cannot find yourself enthralled within the first paragraph you’re doing something wrong. A shitty start leads to a shitty end. When you begin with magnificence, you chase it. You write to make each sentence better than the last in order to tighten the grip of the reader. You want them some captivated that they can feel it in their very soul. It must become an ache, a craving. Their brain must stir thinking of what is to come and pulsate with possibilities. You simply cannot accomplish that by being lax. Those who are comfortable with menial effort at the pieces’ inception are gratified by a menial story. Aim towards perfection and nothing less. That is the manner in which we must conduct ourselves and the work which we produce in order to reach maximum success.