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Originally Posted by sodacat
This is horrible advice.
If you're not willing to read what you wrote for errors, then why should anyone else read it for any reason?
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No, actually, it's not.
He never said don't proof-read your work. He's making the case that one should simply write and not worry about the countless mechanical errors that might be made in the process. Many authors get overwhelmed by the pressure, and stories that might have flowed freely end up getting hung up and halted by incessant nitpicking.
After the story is complete, then you may or may not go back and edit it. Or leave it as is if you're happy with it (even with a few mechanical flaws).
Writing is an art. If you don't like someone's art, don't look at it.
Similarly, don't call someone else's advice "horrible" unless you plan to contribute some of your own.
Now, my own advice to TF-Viewer is a bit of an echo of hexen's: Just write.
Earlier you mentioned that you honestly just wrote the story to have a woman in wet clothes undergoing a transformation. That's fantastic! Absolutely nothing wrong with that. Most of my own stories are just that: Transformation candy. Does that make me any less of a writer? Nope, and the same goes for you.
You don't have to write the best, most mechanically prestine stories with the most elaborate and well-conceived plot. You don't have to please the grammar police or story-snobs. As long as you enjoyed writing the story, then great. If a few others also enjoyed it, even better.
Write what you want, when you want, how ever you choose.
You can bet, at the very least, that I'll be reading and enjoying.
