I, a clown, decided to become a writer, and now I gotta figure out what's happening in all these scenes I hand-waved away in the outline, saying to myself, "I'll figure it out later as I'm writing."
You have now entered the *best* part of being a writer.
The joys of wanting to beat up past writer you. Been there! Good luck.
me, someone who hates worldbuilding, trying to make a second draft about a world i made up: wtf is this nonsense. who decided to write this (it was me)
Trust yourself and edit fearlessly.
I feel the same about all the things I said "I'll fix it in post" about as I am currently in post
Ahhh yes, the old 'I'll fix it in post'. A trap even the most experienced writers fall into. But seriously, those unfinished scenes are often a lot more intimidating from the outside than when you're actually working on them. You got this!
I fully love and hate that stage 😂 It’s currently future me working through past me’s problems. Gotta love it.
That's the suffering of being a pantser writer (yep, that's the term for writers who do not plot beforehand) 😭
Past me: "That sounds like future me's problem." Future me: "Past me is a total *bleep*." Present me: "Haha, suckers!"