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Category: Writing & Creativity

Writing, making things, and occasionally finishing them. The creative process, honestly documented: fiction, nonfiction, editing philosophy, and the projects currently in progress.

#MotivationMonday The Fine Art of Writing a Crappy First Draft

Posted on November 6, 2017May 12, 2026 by R. L. Bowen

I’m working on a novel, Dances With Crazy, for NaNoWriMo (You can follow my journey here), and I’m 10,009 words in. Those 10,009 words are very rough, they make up what Anne Lamott in Bird By Bird… Read the rest

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