'Chris Whitehouse on writing'

I've been reading 'Clive Barker on writing', 'Stephen King on writing' and various web pages including 'How to improve your writing'. It seems that the quota to write 1000 words everyday is something I've done for easily a decade and its increasing each year. The words flow easier but not necessarily any better. Stephen King himself, actually wrote a helpful book called 'On Writing' which I've ordered. The other piece of advice I do to some degree, and that is to read read read. I have six or seven books in a queue which I plan on devouring this year and onwards. 

The new thing I've learnt is the process of writing a first draft quickly and without a care for the editing of it. Letting it slew out like an abomination which no one else will set eyes on, full of problems and crap ideas. 

Then the second draft will do away with some of the shit and so on and so on. 

I also like Clive Barkers preference to scrawl handwritten. I write my paper diaries handwritten and live the flow of pen on paper. I also like this digital format because generally I see the words misspelt, get corrected automatically as I write the following words. It's like I'm one with the mind on the digital device. 

So I am now fully charged with the writing bug and will make this a priority.