Give yourself permission to create something terrible initially. The goal is to get ideas down, not to make them perfect.
True mastery lies not in eliminating the temptation but in dancing with it. Acknowledge the spike, feel the pen, and then choose patience. As one veteran coach put it: “Every player has the reflexes to win a fight. The best players have the restraint to win the war.” spikespen temptation
One winter’s night, decades later, a stranger came to her door. He was old, too, with flour-dust still clinging to the lines of his face. Kaelan. He had no silver. He had no Inquisitors. He had only a question. feel the pen