WRITE YOUR VOMIT DRAFT WITHOUT STOPPING TO EDIT This might be the most important advice in this book, so pay attention: Write your vomit draft as quickly as possible. Don’t stop. Don’t edit. Move forward without looking back until your vomit draft is done. Let me repeat that and break it down to be very clear and sure you got it: Write your vomit draft as quickly as possible. DO NOT STOP TO READ IT. DO NOT EDIT. MOVE FORWARD UNTIL YOUR VOMIT DRAFT IS DONE. I cannot be more serious or literal about this. In fact, I want you to say this out loud, right now: “I will not edit my vomit draft until I am done writing it.” The quickest way to derail a vomit draft is to start editing before you finish. I don’t care who you are—if you start editing your vomit draft, you WILL get stuck. If you edit during the vomit draft stage, the best-case scenario is you double the amount of time it takes to write the book. WHY DOES THIS WORK? Using the Vomit Draft Method does two things: 1. It suspends your self-judgment. hOW TO WriTE yOUr firST DrAfT (ThE vOMiT METhOD) · 141