writing

How To Make Sure You Finish The First Draft Of Your Novel

ByNeal Martin

Finishing the first draft of a novel for the very first time is for a writer akin to finally learning to swim.

You’ll have spent so much time struggling to complete a finished draft—floundering in a sea of confusion, frustration and procrastination—that when you finally finish it can seem like you’ve been saved from drowning.

You have learned to swim and you are now free to take yourself in any direction you want to go. Suddenly, it’s not about keeping yourself from drowning, but about staying afloat and swimming towards the goal of a fully completed novel.

The choppy seas have calmed somewhat, making it easier for you swim.

Once you know you are capable of finishing the first draft of a novel, things change. A mental shift occurs and suddenly you have the confidence to feel like a real writer.

You now have what it takes to write novels.

There’s no going back after that.

You’ve done it, you know you can do it and you will keep doing it.

It’s a milestone that every novelist has to cross in order to find success, which is why it is so important that you do all you can to insure that first draft gets completed.

If you still struggle to finish the first draft of a novel, don’t despair, all is not lost. It’s not as hard as you think and there are things you can do to make reaching that goal even easier.

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3 Ways To Improve Your Writing Before You Even Start

ByNeal Martin

Writing isn’t all about the craft. The craft is important yes, but so is the groundwork you lay in order to practice the craft of writing to its fullest extent.

There are things you can do before you start to write that will make a big difference to how you write once you actually begin.

It’s about the laying the proper groundwork so you can write at your fullest potential.

Read on to find out how you can give yourself the best chance of producing great work.

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How To Tap More Of Your Potential As A Writer

ByNeal Martin

If you could, would like to take your writing to the next level?

What I mean by that is, would you like to step up a gear as a writer, to tap more of your potential as a writer?

I’d like to think that you would. After all, we all want to be better writers, right? At least better than we are now.

I’m going to show you how you can tap more of your potential as a writer.

You may think you are firing on all cylinders at present but we can always do better.

Here’s how I managed to tap more of my potential as a writer, and how you can to.