by Peggy Bechko
Wanna Know A Secret?
Every writer writes something bad, something downright terrible, sometime. In fact, most writers’ first drafts are really bad.
Yep, there it is out there for the world to see. It’s been a jealously guarded secret for some time. Don’t know if the writers ourselves have perpetuated the myth or those who hold writers in high esteem, but somewhere along the line writing became almost a mystical thing where folks believed great ideas, fantastic plots and amazing insights were delivered to chosen writers by a muse from heaven, dripping with heavenly dew. Not.
