• Creativity,  Writing

    Not Even a First Draft – The One-Half Draft

    I am in the middle of the first draft of my second novel. For my first novel, I was afraid to go out of order, so I worked my way through the book from beginning to end. When I started the second book, I was brave enough to start in the middle with a scene that interests me and just write what I see and hear. I’ve since been hopping around my plot outline from scene to scene, capturing mostly internal and external dialogue. The First Draft – 2D Cardboard Scenes When I write a first draft, it contains the important parts of the scene, but it’s not fully formed.…