The Depressive Void of the First Draft

I have written a decent amount this month. It’s NaNoWriMo and for the first time I am joining in. It is not the 14th of November and I’m at 31,000 words.

It feels good to have written so much. I’ve been working on a story close to my heart. The characters are so vivid in my head and their stories make me laugh and cry. I love this story, and for the first time in my life I feel like it was written for me. By this I mean that I haven’t been thinking about publishing or agents or anything – ev...