Draft Day or Learning to Love Your Manuscript
Draft Day or Learning to Love Your Manuscript
“I always get frustrated when my friends congratulate me on “finishing my book.” Just because I’ve written through to the end doesn’t mean I don’t have months of editing ahead. And even if I’m sending it to agents or editors, there’ll be more work after that.
Hence, the Final(ish) draft—the one you’ll send to anyone whose time you didn’t want to waste on the earlier ones. This draft is the best you can do at this given moment while acknowledging that it’s likely to change before it’s released to the masses….”
New article for DIYMFA about printing drafts, phases of edits, and embracing the steps of the creative process.