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FTA:- “So what if it limps. Its purpose is to get you into the next stage of the story and you take off from there. Time enough when you go through the nov
by Lio 10y ago
FTA:-
“So what if it limps. Its purpose is to get you into the next stage of the
story and you take off from there. Time enough when you go through the novel
again to correct the transition. For all you know, the material that you will
write much later in the novel will make it plain to you exactly how the
transition ought to have been. No amount of rewriting and repolishing now will
get it right in the absence of knowledge of the course of the entire book. So
let it limp and get on with it … Think of yourself as an artist making a sketch
to get the composition clear in his mind, the blocks of color, the balance, and
the rest. With that done, you can worry about the fine points.”
– Asimov’s advice, in a letter, about ‘limping transitions’ in first drafts
This would seem to be good advice in any creative endeavour and particularly relevant to startup culture.