Finish that Fucking Draft!

I follow an awesome blog by screenwriter, Scott Meyers, called Go into the Story.

Today I saw this written in the comments of one post:

"I searched on Google: 'Why can't I write my goddamn screenplay' and it took me to GITS. I believe it was fate."


Not only is this one of the coolest things I've heard recently (because GITS rocks), but it also makes me realize that I have a bit of wisdom I can impart to beginning writers.

FINISH YOUR FIRST FUCKING DRAFT!

Do it now. Don't wait. Don't make excuses.

Let's see what the masters have to say about this.

"The first draft of anything is shit."
-Ernest Hemingway- 


"...It's very important for the young writer to [write your daily pages, and] to turn them over and don't look at them again... Give yourself a chance to put together... [a complete] draft and then read it."
-Francis Ford Coppola-


And here is what I believe: There is no such thing as writer's block. There is only the fear of writing shit. And if you are writing, you will write shit. If Hemingway did, so will you. Because last time I checked you aren't Ernest Hemingway, motherfucker. You can always write words. Think about it. If have hands and a pencil or keyboard, you can physically make a word appear. You can then write multiple words that form a sentence, and so on...

So what's stopping you?

Fear?

Fuck, fear.

Fuck it right in its dark little hole.

The following certified genius agrees:

"It is by going into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure."
-Joseph Campbell-

If you're a writer, write. Pull your head out of your ass and put words on the page.

Much love,
-Captain Odysseus-

Fuck you, fear.

Bonus addendum: Here's another little tidbit from Darren Aronofsky, which also backs up the Francis Ford Coppola advice. Click here.