Tag: first drafts
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First Drafts That Are as Bad as Skunks Smell
“First drafts are supposed to be messy,” a famous writer once said. Or maybe a conglomerate of famous writers. Or maybe that was just the internet screaming at us. We’ve all heard this maxim before and have been like “yeah yeah, I get it, but my draft isn’t just messy it’s a dumpster fire and…
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Saturday Morning Post, Vol. 31
YO HO ME HEARTIES It is Talk Like a Pirate Day and also *drum roll* But me promise I will not be talk’in yar ear off about me voyages and the time I was marooned. NaNoWriMo is fast approaching (can you tell I’m excited because I’ve mentioned it like at least once every blog for…
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How to Celebrate When You Finish Your First Draft
Summertime is the time to PARTY. (And by party I mean going to the mountains and finding somewhere quiet where you can finish your book.) And speaking of parties…(I apologize to all the introverts. I realize talking about parties is illegal.) Finishing your first draft can be very exciting. Whether it’s after 30 hysterically frantic…
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Stages of Writing a 2nd Draft (as told by gifs)
So. You have finished your first draft. HIP HIP HORRAY!! Good for you! *pat on back* So you have your beautiful, gleaming – confusing, junk filled, messy, first draft. Time to fix it and write the 2nd draft. And now I present to you an illustrated guide to the stages of writing your 2nd draft,…
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When you read the first draft
You write the infamous word THE END. Your first draft is done. Maybe it took a year. Maybe you knocked it out in a week. Either way, it’s a great feeling to see your work finished TIME TO PARTY!!!!! Well – there’s one, tiny, tiny thing. You still have to edit. *sighs heavily and crawls…
Bernadette Benda 