"I’m going to tell you a secret—a big one. I hate drafting. I love coming up with a concept and..."

“I’m going to tell you a secret—a big one. I hate drafting. I love coming up with a concept and a premise, fleshing out characters and using a beat sheet to plot my novel. After all the brainstorming, plotting, character building, and outlining, it’s time to start drafting. But I don’t want to do it.

 

Why? The draft never reads as beautifully as the story in my head. I get discouraged, frustrated, scared, and angry. Drafting can be messy and uncomfortable, sometimes even painful. Keep going: the fun starts when the draft is done and it’s time to revise.”

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Kami Garcia is the #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of the Beautiful Creatures and Dangerous Creatures novels. Kami’s solo novels include Unbreakable and Unmarked (The Legion Series), The X-Files Origins: Agent of Chaos, and The Lovely Reckless. Kami is a cofounder of YALLFEST and a member of the NaNoWriMo Writer’s Board. She was a teacher for seventeen years before coauthoring her first novel on a dare from her students.

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