Your Next Draft
Supporting fiction writers doing the hard work of revising unputdownable novels. The novel editing process is the creative crucible where you discover the story you truly want to tell—and it can present some of the most challenging moments on your writing journey.
Developmental editor and book coach Alice Sudlow will be your companion through the mess and magic of revision. You’ll get inspired by interviews with authors, editors, and coaches sharing their revision processes; gain practical tips from Alice’s editing practice; and hear what real revision truly requires as Alice workshops scenes-in-progress with writers.
It’s all a quest to discover: How do you figure out what your story is truly about? How do you determine what form that story should take? And once you do, how do you shape the hundreds of thousands of words you've written into the story’s most refined and powerful form?
If you’ve written a draft—or three—but are still searching for your story’s untapped potential, this is the podcast for you. Together, let’s dig into the difficult and delightful work of editing your next draft.
Your Next Draft
11 Creativity Tips to Finish Writing Your First Draft Faster
Have you ever gotten stuck in your first draft? Hit writer's block? Lost all your inspiration and wondered what in the world would happen next?
If so, you're not alone. That's a totally normal part of the writing process.
The tough news is, part of your job as a writer is . . . to write anyway. Your challenge is to push through it and write when you're inspired and when you're not.
But the good news is, you don't have to stay stuck in the struggle. You can use a variety of strategies to boost your creativity and get back in the flow of writing.
And the better news is, once you're writing again, it's way easier to keep writing. You won't stay stuck forever!
How do you boost your creativity and beat the block? That's the topic of this episode. I'll give you eleven inspiring strategies to get your ideas flowing again: everything from writing the worst sentence in the world to optimizing your writing space to leaving your writing space behind and going on a walk.
And if creativity is only part of the challenge, check out this episode on writing productivity, too. There, you'll find ten strategies to boost your productivity and surround yourself with a team to support you as you write.
Together, these twenty-one ideas are sure to get you writing again—and boost your writing speed so you can finish your first draft and get published sooner!
Don't forget to download this free guide to all twenty-one ideas. Print it out, post it in your writing space, and refer to it whenever you get stuck so you can get un-stuck at a moment's notice.
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