The Importance of Writing Bad Ideas
It will make you a better writer.
The blank page. Is there a more depressing sight in existence?
You’ve just come up with a great idea. You know in your heart of hearts that it is. Whether it be a blog post, a short story, or even a poem, you know that once you manage to sit down and actually write the idea out, it’s going to be a god damn winner. There’s just one problem: You need to write the thing first.
Writing those first words on the blank page is one of the more humbling experiences that a writer can go through. It’s where the rubber meets the road (or the pen meets the paper) and you are forced to prove that your idea is as good as you believe. In your head it might have worked, but you never really know until you actually write it.
But what happens when you do write it? Worse, what happens if you write it and it isn’t as good as you thought? What if it’s absolute crap, and now your entire world and everything you thought you knew has come crashing down around you? Dramatic sounding perhaps, but an experience we know all too well.
This is where a lot of writers fail. Before the first word is even written. Before they even have a chance to see if their idea is worth something. They’re so worried about their idea or their skills not being up to par that…
