Tips for Young Writers 23: Write fast to outrun the internal critic.

Write fast to outrun the internal critic. Sometimes our biggest critic is ourselves. We tell ourselves not to write this or that because we might be embarrassed later. Often, the very best things I’ve written seemed silly when I wrote them. Luckily, I wrote them anyway. If you write quickly enough, you get the words down before the critical part of your brain knows what’s going on – so write fast!