Process
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After completing the second draft of my novel, I was ready to jump right into my third draft. Forget being patient, I have a self-imposed goal, and I would hate to waste any time in the writing process. However, instead of jumping right into writing, I put a reminder on my phone for a week…
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As a writer, I’ve heard two terms—planners and pantsers—as a way to explain a person’s writing process. In many workshops, I’ve rated myself on that scale, and in those moments, I never knew exactly how to answer. I was learning about me and my process that I didn’t want to commit to only one of…
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You have an idea, and until you put pen to paper, that idea will remain just that. But let’s face it, you won’t turn out a masterpiece on your first try. It’s called a shitty first draft for a reason. Unless you’re a literary genius like William Shakespeare or Charles Dickens, my guess is that…