When trying to refine my writing, one thing I learned was that the advice I’d been offered was deceptively simple. You can often hear people say how you have to “just go for it” with writing, to stop worrying and feel comfortable. But these bits of advice are often given by people who have their own processes and who actually go through a lot of effort to “feel comfortable.” I want to try to articulate some of the principles of writing I was never told and had to learn the hard way during midnight cram sessions.
First, don’t worry as much about trying to formulate the whole thing in your head beforehand.