The terrible first draft
First drafts are allowed to be terrible, but compared to the final masterpiece you will produce, they shouldn't be as terrible.
If you're a beginner, you need to give yourself permission to write terrible first drafts in order to get the practice at writing that you need to become better. If you're a professional, your first drafts shouldn't be as terrible as all that.
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