Sentences with phrase «first draft of»

So you've completed the first draft of your novel?

I just began writing short stories after finishing the first draft of my first novel.

But don't all those bloggers realize that their archive is simply the first draft of their next book?

In the first draft of Gossamer, Littlest actually had a «real» name.

The goal is to complete the first draft of a 50,000 - word novel by midnight November 30th.

I also expect to finish the first draft of the women's fiction and take it through editing, feedback, and revision this year.

As usual, after getting a little feedback on the first draft of the romantic comedy, I realized it was far from done.

You can find out more about the book here, read what I thought of it, and read the first draft of my contribution (the final proof was somewhat altered).

Here's a confession: The first draft of the novel for which I may always be known best, Midwives, took a mere (and eerily appropriate) nine months to write.

Angel: I remember you saying that there was a joke that you really wanted to keep in your first draft of Skippy Dies but you had to take out.

When I wrote the first draft of this book, he hadn't been diagnosed, but we were seeing the signs, and doctors were preparing us for what was next.

Since he finished the first draft of his first novel a year ago, I've immersed myself in all the material I can about publishing, self - publishing, and building an author platform, so that I can support him however possible.

Bernard Malamud once commented, «The first draft of anything is suspect unless one is a genius.»

Once you've completed the first draft of your manuscript, set it aside and focus on something else.

When you complete the first draft of a book, especially your first book, you might be tempted to dive right into formatting and publishing your new book with Amazon KDP, Amazon CreateSpace, IngramSpark, Kobo Writing Life, or one of the many other avenues for self - publishing.

When you finish the first draft of your book, you might feel lost.

Since the first draft of your book resides on your blog, you actually have some special ebook publishing options.

She completed the first draft of her first published novel (Past Suspicion) the summer before she attended college.

This is a valuable tool all year when working on the first draft of a manuscript, but is essential when you're on a time crunch.

I am suspect of the «genius» caveat, and am more in agreement with Ernest Hemingway that «the first draft of anything is rubbish» (although he expressed it more...

I wrote the first draft of this Sabrina - inspired story in the summer of 2013 during downtime while another manuscript was being edited and shopped.

Worse than this, however, is approaching an agent or publisher with the first chapters of a first draft of a novel.

-LSB-...] Chuck Sambuchino gives 5 tips for writing the first draft of a novel.

It is true, it has become easier for people to just piece together a first draft of something and have it available for purchase but this doesn't mean good books and great writers have become extinct.

King's process allows him to produce a 180,000 - word first draft of a novel in three months.

On top of all this, I have the first draft of a science fiction novel in progress that I am determined to finish this year.

My publisher and I are releasing a new anthology in July, I have a novella coming out after that, and I am writing the first draft of a science fiction novel.

It also allows writers to finish the first draft of a book in less than six months, which is vital if you want to be a prolific writer.

Write first draft of Title 1.

Serial content also forms the foundation of blogging a book, i.e., writing the first draft of your book a little at a time, as blog posts which will appear as chapters, or sections of chapters, within your completed book.

It's been pretty much one year exactly since my first ever writing buddy (Kareem Mahfouz: notorious whiskey - sponge with the enviable power to pull entire storylines out of his arse as he writes) sent me the first prologue of the first draft of his first novel.

Isn't this exactly the kind of advice that's causing indie authors to rush to market with the first draft of their book, before it's gone through several rounds of rewrites and had some professional editing?

I've managed to produce almost 40,000 words of the first draft of my first novella (being the first in the series, not the first I've written).

I am really absorbed in completing the first draft of a third novel.

It was published last December by Novel Fox, and I'm currently finishing the first draft of another.

I'm about halfway through a first draft of a book centering around a car crash, a mysterious woman who dies in it, but I'm superstitious and can't talk about a book until it's finished.

Dark Horse has had the franchise for over 20 years, during which they not only spun out a series of prequels and sequels that added to the Star Wars universe but also, in the past year, launched two new series: Star Wars, which was set in the world of the first movie, and The Star Wars, a comic based on George Lucas's first draft of the screenplay.

The novel writing module provided the impulse to write the first draft of Spellhaven in its present form, since we were asked to produce a complete draft of a novel in three months, starting from scratch.

A former books editor at Esquire and Cosmopolitan, Perri wrote the first draft of The Assistants while working as the assistant to the editor - in - chief of Esquire.

This week they published the first issue of The Star Wars, which is based on George Lucas's first draft of the screenplay for the iconic film.

He completed the first draft of The Reluctant Fundamentalist in the summer of 2001.

We tried to write the first draft of More Than Two by working on it an hour a day or so, when we were both finished with our other work and had a bit of time after dinner, and the math showed us that at that rate, we might have a rough manuscript done in about six and a half years, give or take.

You will receive the first draft of the completed layout as a PDF and have one round of 50 free corrections.

When I read the first draft of his book five years ago, I was blown away at the story.

Occasionally I'll write the first draft of a short story longhand, but I can do it much faster on my netbook or PC.

If you're a writer, you know about NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, every November when aspiring authors scramble to try to write the first draft of a new book in one month flat.

Now the manuscript had its trials, but as soon as I wrote my first draft of my query letter I sort of sat back in my chair, a little pale, and thought, «Oh no.»

by Anne R. Allen This week I finished the first draft of my fourth Camilla Randall mystery, NO PLACE LIKE HOME, and sent it off to my editor.

Once you have the first draft of your book completed, you will need to edit your book.

I recommend you read them as you are writing the first draft of your book (I was able to read each in 1 sitting and I am a slow reader).