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SPA Girls Podcast – EP340 – Successful First Drafts

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Hit the ground running with this episode all about how to successfully finish the first draft of your novel! 

We talk about how we stay motivated, what you need to know before you can start, how we keep going when we get to the saggy middle, what we plan beforehand, and what we leave to figure out as we go. 

If you’ve been struggling to get started on your first draft, or you’re wallowing somewhere in the middle, this is the episode for you! 

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One Reply to “SPA Girls Podcast – EP340 – Successful First Drafts”

  1. Martha Knox (Marty Knox)

    ideas-watching people in a local cafe. Reading a small-town newspaper. Driving around. I keep a pen and scratchpad by my bed. I save interesting articles. Smells. Read a lot!!! 5 to 10 books a week.Not much TV. But I do love old black and white mysteries. Laura. Rebecca. Casablanca. The Big Sleep. Key Largo. The Maltese Falcon. The scarlet Pimpernal. Any Agatha Christie. (No matter how many version-I love the twist even when I know the ending. She’s so delicious.ETC.

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