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Write your islands if you are stuck you can write the bigmoments you already know about then write the connecting scenes later.
Feb 11, 2026 12:08PM
Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts

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Feb 11, 2026 12:48PM
Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts


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Skip the “must write” scenes that you din’t feel excited about. They probably aren’t needed or you are borrowing concepts from other media or the genre itself as a trope.

Also don’t write transitory or logistics scenes. Those are boring. Your readers are smarter than you.
Feb 11, 2026 12:38PM
Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts


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Add epigraphs into your book behind cover page while you write your rough draft that remind you of what you are writing
Feb 11, 2026 10:19AM
Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts


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