Hello! For those of you who have just arrived, this post is part 7/7 in my ‘editing the first draft’ action plan. You can find links to the other sections below. Print it off. Have a preliminary read through and cut out any initial ‘waffle’ that doesn’t serve the scene and overall plot. Create ‘character sketches’. … More Editing the first draft – Face your second draft with confidence and focus – step 7/7

Hello! For those of you who have just arrived, this post is part 6/7 in my ‘editing the first draft’ action plan. You can find links to the other sections below, once the post is live. Print it off. Have a preliminary read through and cut out any initial ‘waffle’ that doesn’t serve the scene … More Editing the first draft – Write a descriptive summary of your plot – step 6/7

Hello! For those of you who have just arrived, this post is part 5/7 in my ‘editing the first draft’ action plan. You can find links to the other sections below, once each post is live. Print it off. Have a preliminary read through and cut out any initial ‘waffle’ that doesn’t serve the scene, … More Editing the first draft – Assess your scenes – step 5/7

Hello! For those of you who have just arrived, this post is part 4/7 in my ‘Editing the first draft’ action plan. You can find links to the other sections below, once all posts are live. Print it off. Have a preliminary read through and cut out any initial ‘waffle’ that doesn’t serve the scene, … More Editing the first draft – Create a scene list – step 4/7

Hello! For those of you who have just arrived, this post is part 3/7 in my ‘Editing the first draft’ action plan. You can find links to the other sections below, once all the posts are live. Print it off >>> Have a preliminary read through and cut out any initial ‘waffle’ that doesn’t serve the … More Editing the first draft – Character sketches – step 3/7

Hello! For those of you who have just arrived, this post is part 2/7 in my ‘editing the first draft’ action plan. You can find links to the other sections below, once all posts are live (one will be posted each day this week!). Print it off. Have a preliminary read through and cut out … More Editing the first draft – Preliminary cuts – step 2/7

After two years of writing for an average of 30 minutes a day, on and off, I finally reached the momentous milestone – a completed first draft. I am proud of how far I have come, but I am aware that this is merely the first step in the much longer process from blank page to … More Editing the first draft – Print it off – step 1/7