“Finding people to fix your typos is easy.” As someone who makes part of their living from proofreading, perhaps I shouldn’t admit it; but it’s true. Seth Godin’s blog < sethgodin.typepad.com > has gradually opened my eyes to the fact that spotting mistakes, amending, editing and so on is easier work than taking productive initiative.
I wrote last week about bad first drafts and why we should do more of them: because getting something out there, however bad, is often the best way of moving forwards with a creative project. I write bad first drafts with a sense of taking one for the team: OK, I’ll be the one who makes myself vulnerable to criticism if it means we can finally get going on this.