You ever make a first draft and already want to do a heavy rewrite when you've barely started?

[oldmanjohnny66]

It's common.Writing is dangerous.It can drive you nuts,this mad obsession to create! You ain't alone in this hell.No matter how good it is,it's never good enough! I used to set shit on fire back in the Eighties because I couldn't stand my own limits!...No one can teach you how to write,you have to suffer the pangs of hell in order to learn....And the best way of course is to read books!

[Leyelle]

Yep, this is a habit of mine with my novel "Damsel in the Red Dress" pretty often. More so that I've JUST started writing but already feel that it's garbage than wanting to rewrite in the middle, but I often have to tell myself to just finish the first draft even if it's kind of mid, and come back to edit it later. often times I find it's not as garbage as I thought when I come back to it with a fresh mind, though sometimes entire portions DO have to be overhauled.

[mohdadeebace]

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[Tubacabra]

Sorry, I can't really relate. I do most of my editing while I'm still writing. But every time I read something I wrote more than two months ago, I always wonder what the hell I was thinking to write something so cringey. 🤣🤣🤣

[applebun]

Totally. It’s the reason why my and my friend’s comic is still not even close to be out, even though we came up with it about a year ago (in my friend’s case, actually longer lol). Because I sat down and wrote the script for like 13 chapters straight, then drew the first 11 pages, then looked at it again, went “nope” and now I’m starting it all over from scratch.