Writing a first draft

I had someone ask a question recently about how to write a first draft and thought I’d do a blog post on this. The short answer is: you just have to write it! That’s not the most helpful piece of advice in the world, but it is the truth. Writing out that first draft can feel like pulling teeth at times – I’ve written three full length manuscripts now in total and there were points in all three where I had to really force myself to keep going. Persistence, as they say, is key.

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