Why You Haven't Finished Your First Draft...(+ Tips)

Plus a bonus quiz to identify why you're struggling! (Time stamps below!) The First Draft is the biggest hurdle & it took me a long time too: 0:27 Advice Disclaimer: 1:00 The MOST important thing to do is identify WHY you haven't finished a first draft yet: 1:37 4 categories of people who haven't finished a first draft: 1:45 QUIZ TIME: 1:57 For The Worrier: 3:10 Standard Advice & How Fanfiction Might Help You?: 3:28 5 Tips: 4:33 For The Dreamer: 6:33 Honest Talk Time With Yourself: 7:17 For The Squirrel: 8:51 Quick and Dirty Tip: 10:32 For The Technical Issue(...r): 11:59 Unlike the others, best advice is to READ: 12:57 Reach out to other writers, but...: 14:08 My First Draft Process: 14:58 Reiterating that first drafts are hard and moo points: 15:52 There's no better feeling than reaching "The End"!: 16:38 Questions For Youuuu: 17:13 Bloops: 17:41 D I S C U S S I O N Q U E S T I O N S : Do you have a typical place within the first draft where you start to struggle? If you've typed "The End," how many half-drafts did you write before completing a full first draft? Do you struggle with anything I didn't touch on? L I N K S / O T H E R S T U F F M E N T I O N E D : Coming soon... F I N D M E O N L I N E : Twitter: https://twitter.com/CavanaughWrites Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katecavanaughwrites/ Blog: http://katecavanaugh.co/index.php/blog/ NaNoWriMo: https://nanowrimo.org/participants/writersgonnawrite-2784594