Finish and show something you've been polishing for too long
you've been reworking the same piece for months or years, nobody has seen it, and you've started to dread opening the file.
Built on
Anne Lamott · 2019
Supplies permission to write it badly: shitty first drafts, the one-inch picture frame, and her father's
Austin Kleon · 2014
Supplies the way out of the drawer: share process, scraps and pieces as you go, so showing the work stops being one terrifying reveal.
The prompt
My situation: [describe the project, how long you've been working on it, what you keep reworking, and who has seen it]
Use Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott (2019) and Show Your Work! by Austin Kleon (2014) to help.
Recall any details from the whole book that help, including names, numbers, scenes, or cases that are not the most famous chapter titles.
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