Part

First draft

You might say: rough draft, draft zero

The first complete version of the story. Anne Lamott: all good writers write bad first drafts.

What it does

Shows what the story is really about, so you can fix it.

Ask

Is it finished, start to end, even if it is bad?

Trouble

Treating the first draft as the book.

Sources

1. Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird, pp. 21–26, “Shitty First Drafts”All good writers write them. This is how they end up with good second drafts and terrific third drafts.

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