# [[Get your first shitty draft over as fast as possible.]] %% [[Writing]] [[Productivity]] [[Taking Risks]] [[Zettel]] %% - Source: [[Zettelkasten.de]]; [[15 Lessons that Improved My Life]] - "Write without judgment of quality - most of writing is in the editing." - "Trying to get it right the first time is too intimidating and will cause writers' block." - There's so much anxiety built up around creating that first draft that we really don't need to add the requirement of perfection. The reality is that the first draft is never good enough, because writing is rewriting and editing. We might as well have it in our heads beforehand that the first draft __will__ be terrible, because it's a lot easier to fix a draft once you have one. - Perfection is the enemy of good.