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Okay. So last post, I said I’d do a post on the cleanup. Well, I’ve decided instead to take a look at what happens beyond the finished manuscript because to many, including myself, that

Last post, I talked about the big edit that happens after the “fun” part of drafting a manuscript is over. When you’ve finished the big edit, you should now have a manuscript that

Okay. The time has finally come when you’ve completed your first draft. You sit back and look at it and realize one thing. It’s in rough, rough shape. Already, you see places where you

So now it’s time. You’ve gotten the idea in your mind and created the conflict. You’ve also figured out your main characters and completed profiles on each of them. And you’

Plotting and determining time lines are two other essentials when preparing to write a novel. The plot lays out how the story will develop and progress, and the time line helps you determine when t