If you have an idea and are inspired to write, write. If you have an idea that you would understand better if you wrote it out, write. If you want to get better at writing, write. Now. Ideally, every day.
That’s how one improves at writing. Also understanding. I learn a ton by trying to write stuff out.
Often I then trash what I’d written. Don’t be afraid to do that, either. Writing and then discarding is not bad. It’s not a waste of time.
If you write what you know now, then a year from now you know more, great! Write it again. Show people how you got from there to here.
When should you post what you’ve written versus not, once done writing (or at least ready for the editing pass)? That’s trickier, but again, I think that the bigger and more common mistake is not posting. Most of the things you’re worried might happen aren’t even bad.
Now.
If you have an idea and are inspired to write, write. If you have an idea that you would understand better if you wrote it out, write. If you want to get better at writing, write. Now. Ideally, every day.
That’s how one improves at writing. Also understanding. I learn a ton by trying to write stuff out.
Often I then trash what I’d written. Don’t be afraid to do that, either. Writing and then discarding is not bad. It’s not a waste of time.
If you write what you know now, then a year from now you know more, great! Write it again. Show people how you got from there to here.
When should you post what you’ve written versus not, once done writing (or at least ready for the editing pass)? That’s trickier, but again, I think that the bigger and more common mistake is not posting. Most of the things you’re worried might happen aren’t even bad.