I guess we all have different ways of getting to the finish line. I only have one draft too, because I know where the story is going, and after that I'm editing and pulling that draft together.
I wish I had a street team! Preferably influencers with thousands of followers who recommend my books authentically. But I don't. Most of my early readers don't 'do' social media, but I like them that way.
An editor would be lovely 😍 but like you I can't afford one.
I might get an illustrator for the book cover. My last book cover was an illustration by my mam.
Thanks for the article. Nice to know I'm not alone.
Re: drafts, I do make significant changes to my books—which is why I'm so f*cking slow. But definitely not the whole thing to the point that it feels like a new book. I guess I call it a new draft if I'm moving big chunks around, deleting whole chapters, changing character arcs, etc., but if the changes are minor and mostly at the line level, I call it just editing.
Yes, most of my changes are line level, so it would just be an edit — I did make some fairly big changes to the current one, including deciding to start it at a different point and adding an extra chapter, but I still think of it as the same “draft” — this might just be a ‘me’ thing, though!
I guess we all have different ways of getting to the finish line. I only have one draft too, because I know where the story is going, and after that I'm editing and pulling that draft together.
I wish I had a street team! Preferably influencers with thousands of followers who recommend my books authentically. But I don't. Most of my early readers don't 'do' social media, but I like them that way.
An editor would be lovely 😍 but like you I can't afford one.
I might get an illustrator for the book cover. My last book cover was an illustration by my mam.
Thanks for the article. Nice to know I'm not alone.
Hey Amber! Very interesting post.
Re: drafts, I do make significant changes to my books—which is why I'm so f*cking slow. But definitely not the whole thing to the point that it feels like a new book. I guess I call it a new draft if I'm moving big chunks around, deleting whole chapters, changing character arcs, etc., but if the changes are minor and mostly at the line level, I call it just editing.
Yes, most of my changes are line level, so it would just be an edit — I did make some fairly big changes to the current one, including deciding to start it at a different point and adding an extra chapter, but I still think of it as the same “draft” — this might just be a ‘me’ thing, though!