I am about 30,000 words into my book so far, and this is when I start wanting to go back and rewrite everything. That little voice inside my head is screaming at me to rewrite this awful jumble of words I call a book, and have everything make sense, and I am sure a lot of you have this problem to. Here are a few tips that will help when it comes to turning off your inner editor so you can move forward with your story!

• Just Keep Writing – The most important thing when it comes to participating in Camp NaNoWriMo, or just writing your first draft, is to just keep writing! Get the words down on the page so you know your story and understand it. Don’t think about making it perfect, just get it done.
• You Have Time – Unless you are under a deadline, you have time to finish writing your story before going back and fixing, well, everything. The world is NOT going to end if you do not go back and rewrite, or change that one paragraph that doesn’t sound perfect at this very second. Finish your first draft and when you are done you can go back! But the point is you have, usually, an endless amount of time to work on this, so just keep writing and don’t look back.
• Things WILL Change In Your Story – It is probably for the best that you don’t go back and fix everything at this exact moment, because there is a possibility that you change your mind about a certain character or scene in your story. If you change it, it can require more work so just keep writing your probably crappy first draft, and by the end you will kind of know what you want to do with your story and how this will lead to this.

That is all for this quick blog post on tips to turn off your inner editor and I hope you enjoy. Don’t forget to check out my last blog post: Reading/Writing Update!