083: You Finished Your First Draft!! Now What?

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You finished your first draft!! Now what?

There are a few things you should do before you just dive right into editing. It isn’t a bad thing to edit right away, but I’ve learned from my own experience and from working with clients that doing these few things will help set you up for success when editing.

  1. Celebrate! Finishing your draft deserves to be acknowledged. It’s a huge step!

  2. Take a break. The length of the break depends on how much time you need to recoup or if you have an external deadline to have your book edited.

  3. (Optional) A read through. This is where you just read the book from start to finish. Don’t edit anything yet - this is just to get familiar with the story as a whole and also provide motivation.

Katie Wolf