From a Frank Chimero jam: “How to Have an Idea”: Stop being a weenie and just go make something. Judge its value after you finish and before you share. An observation: Creative people romanticize mistakes and process. But there is no process if you don’t start. No one crumples a blank sheet of paper.
Peter Elbow on free writing, from the book Writing without teachers (1973): There is a paradox about control which this kind of writing brings into the open. The common model of writing I grew up with preaches control. It tells me to think first, make up my mind what I really mean, figure out ahead [...]
