FINISHING THE FIRST DRAFT

~ Rodney Wood

On Wednesday 5 November i finally finished the first draft in just over 51,000 words. It was basically just the plot with a few bits of dialogur and characterization thrown in.  Before I started revision i need to get a bit of distance betweeb me and the draft so that when I read it I will be doing so with fresh eyes.  So i started a free online course https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/start-writing-fiction which lasts for 8 weeks. Lots of useful things – creating characters, the importance of detail, keeping a writer’s notebook, research and writing your own short story.  But after three weeks i thought “Well I’m doing the real thing.” So for the first time ever I’m dropping the course. No doubt it will give me nightnmares.

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Published by Rodney Wood

I'm retired and spend my time enjoying my family, continue being an active member of the poetry community and, at the moment, wanting to share what's it's like to write a poem each day while my wife and I enjoyed a world cruise.

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