#i keep seeing reddit posts that are like. people lamenting their ''finished'' novel being shit

[pa-pa-plasma]

why is it that every new writer doesn't know that the first draft is never supposed to be the version you publish

#i keep seeing reddit posts that are like. people lamenting their ''finished'' novel being shit #but it's literally the first draft of their first ever novel?? like dude what??? #i'm not going to call myself a veteran writer (i haven't had a huge desire to publish & i mostly write fanfic though i have my originals) #but like. i have been writing since i was little. more so lately than ever. quite a few years. over a decade of experience here #so i can say i know some stuff ya know? #it just really fucks me up seeing people being like ''i should just quit since my first try sucked'' #like DUDE YOUR FIRST TRY IS YOUR WORST TRY!! DO NOT BASE YOUR SKILL LEVEL CAP ON THAT #LOOK ME IN THE EYES!!!!!! YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!! WORSE WRITERS HAVE PUBLISHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #WORSE WRITERS HAVE MADE ME WEEP & STARE AT A WALL & DEDICATE HOURS OF THOUGHT TO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #YOU ARE ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FUCKING ACT LIKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #okay sorry i'm normal again lol #point is this: practice doesn't make perfect. but art isn't SUPPOSED to be perfect it's SUPPOSED to be YOU