Day 800: Love your first draft

Day 800: Love your first draft

800 days. Boom. I’d *totally* forgot that this milestone was today, and it couldn’t be more appropriate. There’s this advice out there that you “shouldn’t fall in love with your first draft.” I’ve heard it before from several...
Day 778: FINISHED

Day 778: FINISHED

And it’s under 10,000 words! The first draft is done, guys. I’m not entirely sure if the last couple scenes are working as well as I want them to, but hey, they’re WRITTEN. Now I get to READ it and see what’s actually working and what...
Day 420: Ding Dong the Book is Done

Day 420: Ding Dong the Book is Done

The first draft, of the first book…is done. Two days early. My god, what have I done? I love, to, that I finish this milestone on 420…if only I were a pothead, I’d smoke a bowl to celebrate. No, as it is with my sore throat and my droopy eyelids at...
Day 220: First Draft

Day 220: First Draft

It’s done. On Day 220, he finished the first, very very rough draft, of the first pilot he’d ever written on his own. And, I love it. It’s my baby. Very fragile and unfinished right now, but it is complete. It is out. 108 pages (jesus! right?). So...