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Look, your first draft of anything is always going to be garbage. I've been writing for more than 10 years, and every short story, novel, poem, and screenplay is total trash on the first draft. Maybe I'll get to a point at which that's no longer true, but it hasn't happened yet.
Part of the solution is in changing your mindset. Don't read it and say "This is shit", read it like a friend handed to you, and ask "What would make this better?" Is the pacing off? Is there too much exposition? Do the emotional moments fall flat? Why? What would you expect to see there? THAT is where the creative process actually starts. Everything before that is just organized, documented brainstorming. The creation is in taking those puzzle pieces and putting them together right.
The "uncarved block" isn't the blank page, it's the first draft.