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For any new writer, there is a guide in which to follow known as the five draft method. For those of us who have followed this method, we have come to know the steps quite well. There is, of course, the first draft which is more or less dumping ideas onto a page, sort of a vomit stage, second draft which is making sense of it all perhaps even creating an outline to follow for the story, the third which is starting to put the novel into manuscript form creating the rough draft, the forth which is basically doing surgery where grammar punctuation along with overall flow of novel is looked over and edited. Then comes what many consider the most critical stage of all, the fifth and final draft. This one is perhaps the most crucial of them all and in doing it there are some helpful hints that could keep a writer on task.
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Those venturing to write their first novel could consider it to be a challenging task. It doesn't help that there are arguments about how many drafts a writer should do of their novel before venturing to have it published. There are even debates about what each draft represents for some the third draft is either a midway point or even the final draft. However, when we look carefully at what is commonly known as the 5 draft method, which by the way is the perfect guidelines for any new author to follow we discover that the third draft is actually the rough draft of the novel going into manuscript form. So, elaborating on this helpful method we will closely examine what it will mean for a new writer to go into writing the third draft of a fiction novel or in this case the rough draft.
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When writing a novel there are many steps involved in order to get the perfect end result of a completed and entertaining novel. You first have to plan and write the first draft of your novel but that is only half of the work, you then have to approach the second draft of your novel and really make sure it is completed and everything is in order before being sent to the publisher.
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You’ve got a great idea for a book. You’re ready to write it, but you aren’t sure how to begin. While there are tons of software products out there to help writers get started, most of them take tons of time to learn and setup, especially if you plan to fill out all the pieces of information, like character names, biographies and settings. Thankfully, you can start your next fiction project without investing a lot of time in prep work. Let me tell you how.
0. Open Your favorite Word Document and Give It a Name
You can use any title here from a working title to your story to something descriptive. I’m working on a fiction novel right now that’s saved as Vampire Erotic Thriller. I don’t actually have a proper title for it yet, so I saved it as its theme. It’s going to be an erotic vampire thriller, and that’s good enough until I get closer to finishing it.
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