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    Recent Content Tagged With first draft

  1. atsgtm2018
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    What do you look for?

    Just want to hear what you look for while editing? Obviously it varies, and everyone likes to focus on different things and everything is...
    Thread by: atsgtm2018, Oct 11, 2016, 12 replies, in forum: General Writing
  2. TheWriteWitch
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    Outlining: too much of a good thing?

    As a ghostwriter, I cannot hit a deadline without a detailed outline. It saves me when inspiration wanders off into other rooms. Detailed...
    Thread by: TheWriteWitch, Sep 29, 2016, 12 replies, in forum: Plot Development
  3. U.G. Ridley
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    First draft or rewrite?

    When writing a novel, is the best thing to do to just force yourself through a first draft even if you leave a chapter not feeling satisfied with...
    Thread by: U.G. Ridley, Jun 22, 2016, 7 replies, in forum: General Writing
  4. GalwayGirl
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    To shred or not to shred?

    I was thumbing through a completed piece of work last night, I started it 6 years ago, it took me two years to write the first draft and it's just...
    Thread by: GalwayGirl, Mar 17, 2015, 10 replies, in forum: General Writing
  5. SuperVenom
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    Press Print to Continue.....

    So come on....when is the first time you are brave enough to press print on your novel? Is it once the first draft is complete or chapters or...
    Thread by: SuperVenom, Jun 28, 2014, 10 replies, in forum: General Writing
  6. mackoo0524
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    30,000 words in - should I give up?

    Hi everyone! I'm new to this forum :) Nice to meet you all. I've been working on a novel since January and have written about 30,000 words....
    Thread by: mackoo0524, May 21, 2013, 17 replies, in forum: General Writing
  7. SuperVenom
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    Writing the Dang First Draft

    Quick question. how many still right the initial draft down old school? ie Pen and paper. Im getting older now lol so computers weren't as...
    Thread by: SuperVenom, Oct 20, 2012, 14 replies, in forum: General Writing
  8. TDFuhringer
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    Revise as you go? Or wait till end of 1st draft?

    I shot my mouth off about this subject a couple weeks ago in another thread about something else, and now that I've calmed down I'm not so sure of...
    Thread by: TDFuhringer, Feb 14, 2012, 63 replies, in forum: General Writing
  9. Toxic Black
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    Accepted word count?

    Hey I was just wondering roughly what the accepted word count is for a normal length book amongst publishing houses? I'm very nearly halfway...
    Thread by: Toxic Black, Dec 12, 2011, 19 replies, in forum: Publishing
  10. nygiants_0000
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    My book title is not in English.

    I am currently nearing the end of the first draft of my first novel. Nearing completion has raised some fresh concerns with me surrounding my...
    Thread by: nygiants_0000, Nov 30, 2011, 10 replies, in forum: General Writing
  11. colorthemap
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    Patience worth

    She was a "spirit" who wrote many novels and poems, through a Ouija board! Not sure how plausible this is, but one woman used a Ouija board for...
    Thread by: colorthemap, Nov 6, 2011, 5 replies, in forum: The Lounge
  12. perfectionist
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    how to move on from the first draft

    I've been writing more short stories since first coming to this forum and starting to look into the ideas of story structure etc. by reviewing the...
    Thread by: perfectionist, Apr 22, 2009, 10 replies, in forum: General Writing
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