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Colette Dartford, author of 'The Mortification of Grace Wheeler' - Kindle bestseller talks about quiet spaces, character summaries, and self-publishing

Writer's Routine

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How Do You Keep Going With Your First Draft?

I always think like when you're writing a debut and it's taking your tenth draught to keep going. How how do you persevere an not just ly lose the will to to write? What are you carrying on if you know that your first draft is going to be pretty turgid? Yesye. Well, actually, it was my, i think my sixth or seventh draft that got me an agent. And then my eighth draft was what went to the publisher and then wanted as, as always happens,. So it wasn't like re drafting, but there were certain editorial things that needed re working. Then, of course, you have your copy edits and your proof reads so on

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