There are days where you’re putting words on paper and you *know* just *know* they’re crap. And there’s not a darned thing you can do about it – except not put words on paper – which is RARELY an option.

As writers, we have to put words on paper (physical or screen). If we wait until they’re all brilliant, there would never be words on paper. Seriously. I’m not saying brilliance doesn’t happen (I wish it happened more often), but generally brilliance doesn’t happen consistently.

Decent and Good writing happen more often – which is what keeps most writers – like me – going and continuing to pick up the pen (or keyboard) most often.

But then there are the days. Days when you blame whatever comes out of the hand on the allergy meds coursing though your system, lack of sleep, or both on the fact that what’s being spewed forth is absolute drivel bordering on incoherent.

And guess what, as long as it’s temporary, it’s OKAY. If you’re not under a strict deadline (as in Surrender the Manuscript deadlines), whatever drivel you’ve spewed can be fixed — and half the time comes out halfway decent. And even if you have some drivel – it can fixed in edits because there will always be editing.

Editing is one of the Constants in the Universe – like cockroaches surviving nuclear holocausts – editing will ALWAYS be there. Waiting, hovering, and mocking the poor deluded writer.

So, I hope you’re enjoying your “It’s okay to write crap” time, because I am. Woo hoo. Writing crap is FUN. Yeah, some day I’ll believe that, too. It’s a valid mantra that is the hardest thing for writers to wrap their heads around. I work on it all the time.

If anyone out there figures it out, would you tell me? We can make a zillion dollars selling books about it. 😎