Don't Think, Just Write: Edit for Grammar Later

What I am about to reveal is so shocking it could give your first-grade English teacher a heart attack! Here it goes: when you start a novel or an essay, forget about grammar and just focus on writing. Write with passion, write with insight, write as if your life depended on it!

Turn off the inner editor

Have you ever noticed that your writing is at its most intense when it comes naturally, without any outside pressure? Why this is so doesn't really matter. What matters is that it works, and that you should write this way.

Yes, grammar is important, but you're not writing in stone (or are you?), which means you can always come back later and edit your material. The important thing is to just write and let your passion splash all over your draft. When it's time to edit, our guide to revising your writing will help.