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Originally Posted by Pat P.  2) In my case, the book "Writing with power" of Peter Elbow has been an invaluable resource of good practices, and it has helped me to enjoy more of my writings. The thesis of the book is that writing is an iterative process that has two steps: free writing, the creative step of writing without any regard for rules or structure, and edition, where structure and style rules help you make sense of what you have written on the first step. Of course the exercise continues with iterations back and forth between this two steps, until you are satisfied or run out of time  . |
That is a very interesting point about there being 2 steps. If I was to self-diagnose, I would say I get too caught up editing as I go along which hampers my creativity and flow.