Monday, 7 November 2011

Serial First Drafter?

Day 7 of NaNoWriMo and I am enjoying writing a new story. This one has the chain saw carver in it, who was the subject of an earlier post. Anyone who knows me is aware that I am a planner and very organised. When writing a first draft, however, I tend to be a panster not a planner and enjoy this unaccustomed freedom.

I am a little worried that I am becoming a serial first draft writer though. After this one I need to settle down to edit the last few. Does anyone else have this problem?

I went to a talk on Saturday by Sue Johnson about the two books she has had published this year and her road to publication. Fable’s Fortune is doing well and her latest “how to” book Creative Alchemy is very useful and a wonderfully tactile small size.

creative alchemy book

Good luck to my fellow NaNo writers – keep going!
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7 comments:

  1. Flowerpot7 November 2011 at 17:40

    Do you mean that you write first drafts and then go on to something else Morton? Wasn't sure what yuo meant by that.

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  2. Morton S Gray7 November 2011 at 18:36

    Yup Flowerpot (hangs head in shame) I love writing first drafts but don't get much further - yet! I will soon. Mx

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  3. Sarah Tokeley7 November 2011 at 19:49

    I hear you! My first ms was way too short so I stuck it in a drawer. My second ended up being a total mess - so I stuck it in a drawer. I'm currently trying to edit the third whilst doing NaNo as well. I think I'm just not very good at editing :-)

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  4. Morton S Gray7 November 2011 at 19:59

    Sarah - I think editing is a whole other set of skills. I keep telling myself that when I get one book published at least I have a few others which just need a polish. Lol. Good luck with your Nano. Mx

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  5. Annalisa Crawford7 November 2011 at 22:21

    I wish I had that problem - I'm a serial re-drafter. I never know when to stop and submit.

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  6. Jenny7 November 2011 at 22:31

    I do that a lot too. I think part of the problem is that I'm not too sure how to edit. Sure, I'll take it to my writers group and make changes based on that, but that usually results in small edits. Big huge large things I'm not sure how to do, nor always have the motivation XD I think that would be one of the benefits of having an agent.

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  7. Morton S Gray8 November 2011 at 08:40

    Maybe there should be fewer writing courses and more editing ones! Mx

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