The Adventures of a Blonde Writer
Welcome to my Writing Life Diary This week I have been trying to finish rewriting a first draft. I often find trying to finish writing a story can sometimes be just as hard as starting one. This week my motivation trickled away once I got into the final quarter. I found myself finding comfort in […]
Read MoreEver rewritten a draft of your novel? Now, I am not talking about revising a couple of chapters…I mean rewriting the ENTIRE draft! I have just finished rewriting 73k words of my draft novel, so this post has been based on my experience. For noting, this is my current mental and physical state. Swap brunette […]
Read MoreIf you read my post about writers needing to learn how to heal themselves from creative pain, you will know that I recently experienced an awful strain of Writer’s Block. For weeks I was hard work; I wore a glum face, I stopped working on my second draft, I questioned my creative abilities, I did […]
Read MoreSecond drafts are hard! The best quote to sum up a second draft is from the film The Matrix (1999). ‘Buckle your seatbelt Dorothy, because Kansas is going bye-bye!’ – Cypher The second draft changes everything. In some cases it can lead to your first draft becoming unrecognisable. This is the drafting stage where […]
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