Hey Mastodon, here is a quote that I needed and maybe you did too:

"WRITE IT BADLY. Write it badly, write it badly, write it badly, write it badly. Stop what you’re doing, open a Word document, put a pencil on some paper, just get the idea out of your head. Let it be good later. Write it down now. Otherwise it will die in there."

— Brandon Sanderson on overcoming writer’s block to create a first draft as a professional author

#writersofmastodon #writing

@emaree also applies to art too

lots of folks ask stuff like "should I try to draw this thing I know I can't right now or save it until I'm more skilled?"

the answer, of course, is the former. you can redo a bad work later when you're better, but you will almost never revisit your old ideas that never left your head.

sure you'll be able to execute them much better after 3+ years of training.
but by then they'll be long gone.