first draft | Izzy Izbourne

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Black-and-white writing desk covered with handwritten notes, a marked-up draft and a pen, with the text “No one can see it. Not yet.”

Black-and-white writing desk covered with handwritten notes, a marked-up draft and a pen, with the text “No one can see it. Not yet.”

First Draft Struggles. Screaming Into The Void.

You’ve just written the best scene of your life. There’s only one problem: it’s buried inside a chaotic first draft, and no one can see it yet. Welcome to the lonely, unhinged joy of screaming into the writerly void.

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