writing a first draft | Writers In The Storm https://writersinthestormblog.com A Blog On Writing Tue, 04 Feb 2025 02:30:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://writersinthestormblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/WITS-Logo-150x150.jpg writing a first draft | Writers In The Storm https://writersinthestormblog.com 32 32 Just. Write. The Thing. https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/08/get-it-down/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/08/get-it-down/#comments Fri, 11 Aug 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=47920 A first draft is much, much closer to a novel than an idea is. Laura VanArendonk Baugh is here to help us get over ourselves and get it down!

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The post 5 Steps to Becoming a Superstar Self-Editor first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2020/02/5-steps-to-becoming-a-super-star-self-editor/feed/ 13 Chart Your Characters’ Lives On and Off the Page https://writersinthestormblog.com/2014/02/chart-your-characters-lives-on-and-off-the-page/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2014/02/chart-your-characters-lives-on-and-off-the-page/#comments Wed, 26 Feb 2014 09:00:36 +0000 http://writersinthestorm.wordpress.com/?p=10033 by James Preston The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand. -- Sun Tzu First, thanks for having me back.  I really enjoy these opportunities to talk about our work. About this entry -- If you have […]

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