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Your first draft is a coat of primer 🖌️

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Mar 01, 2024
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Writing a book is kind of like painting a room.

It takes more than one coat of paint to finish the job, and it takes more than one draft to finish a novel. But before you can even get the color on the walls, you need a primer—a base coat that lays the foundation for a smooth, seamless application of paint.

That’s what your first draft is for.

Like a coat o…

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