First Drafts

You have a novel in your head. The challenge is to capture it all on paper. Here are some articles on how to plan, write, edit, revise and generally polish your first draft so your novel starts off on the right foot.

A sampling of articles on first drafts

• First Look at a First Draft
• If at First You Don't Succeed...Then You Know You're Writing a First Draft
• First Drafts Don't Always Suck
• You've Written a Novel. Now What?
• Getting What's in Your Head into the Story
• You've Finished NaNoWriMo: Now What?
• Start Me Up: Planning and Writing a First Draft
• Outlining For a Fast Draft
• Suck-tion Power
• Fast Drafting, Fast Editing
• Tab A Into Slot B: Inserting Plot Pieces Into a First Draft
• Onward...No? Write to the End or Go Back and Edit?

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