#82: First Drafts as Blocks of Marble: To Go Off at Half Cock

It's all too easy to get caught up in perfectionism, particularly when first bringing an idea to paper. Tonight the Cru chats about what first drafts really are, and how to use them. Stories begin at the 17:10 mark and include a teen wolf chasing a teen girl; an interview in a hospital room; and a detective searching for a human girl. I'll warn you, Krispy's tale gets a little gruesome. From Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Go off at half-cock, To. To fail as a result of doing something prematurely or without proper preparation. The allusion is to a gun that goes off when the hammer is set at half-cock and supposedly secure.Like this weeks episode and wish you could read as well as listen? Subscribe to our Substack for a summary of our opening discussion, a story from the episode, and a writing prompt!  Be sure to follow us on Instagram (if that's your sort of thing). Please do send us an email with your story if you write along, which we hope you will do. Episodes of Radio FreeWrite are protected by a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) license. All Stories remain the property of their respective authors.