Taken from the wise words of Chris Baty, founder of NaNoWriMo:
“…And please remember: If you write a paragraph or chapter you don’t like, just put it in italics (or change the font color to white). Do not delete! After you write your way across the 50,000-word finish line, you can double back and clip out all the parts of your book that make you cringe (I think you’ll surprise yourself with what you decide to keep). For now, just keep moving forward! There’s an old folk saying that goes: Whenever you delete a sentence in your NaNoWriMo novel, a NaNoWriMo angel loses its wings and plummets, screaming, to the ground.
Where it will likely require medical attention.
These are words to live by. Resist the tyranny of the delete key! Onward! Upward!”
1 Comment
November 6, 2009 at 12:34 am
thanks for the tip! hmm…no wonder after everytime i delete my written thoughts, i always end up not having anything else to write about. pfft!