Any suggestions for a new writer?

Question

I am in no way a writer. It's something I've always wanted to do, but could never build up the courage to actually start. Every time I think about writing, I think about the end result and how I am not a good writer. This process circles through my head until I come to the conclusion that I shouldn't write at all if my final product is going to suck. I have no real experience writing seriously (outside of school projects/poetry classes). I have a lot of stories that I want to get out of my head and put down.Could anyone give me any suggestions? Maybe something about your writing process or how you got over something similar?

Answer 1

I'll give you two suggestions that were given to me by successful writers:

Good writing often depends on re-writing. Get your story down on paper first, and later on refine them.

Don't put down your pen at the end of a scene. Leave a bit more to do or begin the next one. That way, when you sit back down to it, you can get right back into it.

The first advice is from Michael Strazinsky. The second is from A.E. Van Vogt.

Happy Hunting!