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Originally Posted by Pat P.  I would add the following practice: try to get out of the way of your own writing. By this I mean, try to separate (or decouple) the creative you from the critic.
There is a moment for both - actually, there is an ongoing interaction between both stages - but a common practice among people is to write a sentence, correct it, write it again, and in the end they never get to the point they original intended. I usually imagine someone driving a car pressing the gas and the brake pedals at the same time; not a very smooth ride  .
One of the things that help to overcome this is to do some freewriting. The process has two rules: 1) write non-stop for a fixed period of time (usally 20 minutes, but you can extend this at will), and 2) do not revise (forget about mispellings, grammar, or even coherence; if something is not clear, write another sentence that maybe more clear).
This is a great way to create a lot of raw material that later could be the base of a first draft.
Pat |
I think Doretha Brande recommended that she invented the concept of 'morning pages' you just get up, first thing, write three pages - no editing no thinking just write.