Tawny Lara on Embracing the Sh*tty First Draft:

Letting yourself be bad at something is a radical act in a world that demands a polished, filtered, curated version of you. Creating terrible art because we trust that it might become good art is the whole point. If we don’t enjoy the artistic process, do we actually enjoy being artists?

I’m trying to learn this still, to be patient and to let the writing process unveil itself over time and effort. I’m not finding it any easier today over the past.