Tag: drafting
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Writing Advice is Not a Rulebook
Not every tip you read is meant for you. Some writers outline. Others don’t. Some write for a single, rigorously guarded hour every day. Others write in headlong, eight-hour long marathon sessions, then do nothing for a week or two. Some edit as they go. Others draft messy and clean it up later. The only…
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Your First Draft Is Not Your Book
The first draft’s job is to get the story out of you. It’s not a book, not yet, but it’s the start of what your book will be.
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A Writing Coach Is Not an Editor
There are different flavours of editor, but they all have that one thing in common—their work starts when the drafting is done.