Day 003: Write Poorly

A while back I read a great piece of advice that has done wonders for my writing confidence. The advice was to allow yourself to write poorly. Before I read that I felt I needed to get everything perfect on the first draft. But that's what the editing process is for. Just because I write something down doesn't mean I've been committed to it for life. What did I think the backspace key or eraser or squiggles were invented for?