Let’s face it, for most people, writer’s block is unavoidable and something that everyone struggles with. As J.K. Rowling once said “The wonderful thing about writing is that there is always a blank page waiting. The terrifying thing about writing is that there is always a blank page waiting.”
As Anne Lammot stated, the only way to write is to start with a “shitty draft” without revising until the end and “let it pour all out and then let it romp all over the place.” Unlike Lammot, however, George Dila stated that he “cannot even allow myself to write a shitty first sentence, let alone immediately follow the first with another few hundred shitty sentences.”. Dila believes that you should obsessively revise your writing and that you shouldn’t allow yourself to write shitty sentences. I believe one cannot simply write a good paper without either creating an outline of their ideas or writing a draft. I agree with Dila because I believe that you can turn your first draft into a great final work product after rewriting it multiple times. Moreover, a great finished work-product is something that doesn’t occur in one day- it takes time.
While writing, I can say with utmost certainty that I am not a perfectionist and never will be but I believe one cannot simply write a good paper when from the start writing something that’s unfulfilling and not to your fullest potential. The foundation of any paper is the writer’s mind and the writer should have the mindset that this paper will be somewhat perfect as perfection is subjective. Personally, If I have writer’s block then I start with the body first and just let my fingertips lead the way. Eventually, after that, I come back and write an introduction that complements the rest of the paper.