A first draft isn't meant to look pretty. It's meant to get you started.
Tag: Rough Draft
On Not Winning NaNo
I didn’t actually finish NaNoWriMo this year. I stopped a little under 10k short of hitting fifty thousand. After I threw out my outline (and subsequently ended up restarting to try and get out of the stilted opening) I kept going with my original plan of giving myself a set time for each scene. That… Continue reading On Not Winning NaNo
NaNoWriMo ’22 Update
We’re approaching the halfway mark on NaNo which is a good time to check in and see how things are going. If you’re falling behind, try not to stress! Instead, remind yourself that NaNo is a challenge for many different reasons and it doesn’t suit everyone’s process or every story. You’re making progress and that… Continue reading NaNoWriMo ’22 Update
Editing Worksheets
Editing is probably one of the hardest parts of the entire writing process. Once you're through the effort of writing a rough draft, you then have to pick it apart to find the parts that aren't working and to make them better. It might be hard to do that, especially when you're still in the… Continue reading Editing Worksheets
The Next Writing Step
At this point in the year, a lot of writers are close to (or already are) the finishing line on their rough drafts. NaNoWriMo gives us a good chance to get through the hardest part of any task: the first step. Writing a good story is difficult. Specifically, writing a good novel is tremendously difficult.… Continue reading The Next Writing Step
The Written Vixen 