30 Days to First Draft

This week, I'm approaching the end of a writing marathon for my 365 Adventures in Writing and Entrepreneurship... 

 

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Why wait for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)? There's no rule that says the only time you can try to write a novel in a month must be November.

I knew that August would be a fairly quiet month for me and I really want to get the last book in the Sheridan and Blake Adventure Series written so I set myself the challenge of completing the first draft of 'Garbriel's Game, Part 2: The Black Knight' by the end of August.

The first part of the final book in the series, 'Garbriel's Game, Part 1: The White Queen' came out a few weeks ago.

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30 Days to First Draft

I share my 9 top tips to get that first draft written in a month - Why is August a better time than November? ... a bonus extra day in August!

 As I approach the end of the month, I must confess, I am behind on my word count but I'm quietly confident that I can finish the first draft of 'Garbriel's Game, Part 2: The Black Knight' at the start of September and I'll be very happy with that!

Here are a couple of quotes from the book:

What helps you to get that first draft written? 

Please share your tips in the comments.