The Long Walk: Shipping Your Writing

§ July 2025 The honeymoon is over. The first draft was a thrill. Now, it's a tombstone in the ‘review’ folder. Here’s how you ship: 1. Slay the Enemy. Your enemy is fear. You feel it now. A tightness in your stomach, the knot in your throat. The whisper of the critic: “This sucks. Everybody will call you out on it.” This is the fear of shipping the imperfect. This is the final battle. 2. Find the…