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Finished Draft
« on: October 29, 2009, 09:11:21 PM »
Just finished the draft of my Novel. Going to take about a month off from it for research. Then final edit before I solicit publishers.

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Re: Finished Draft
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2009, 09:16:40 PM »
Wow, only one draft and one edit.  Miracle worker! 

CONGRATS, finishing the first draft is an incredible accomplishment.  How many words?  How long have you been working on it? 

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Re: Finished Draft
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2009, 02:30:17 AM »
shhh Meg, let him bask in the innocence for now. we all believed in Santa Claus at one point, too.

seriously though, good luck bro. But one draft for a novel is extremely rare. You're bound to find a lot of errors or plot holes. I'd give it a good deal of spit polish before sending it down the pipe to potential publishers.

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Re: Finished Draft
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2009, 04:21:48 AM »
shhh Meg, let him bask in the innocence for now. we all believed in Santa Claus at one point, too.
  You mean there isn't a Santa Claus????   *runs crying to my room* 
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Re: Finished Draft
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2009, 05:38:17 PM »
It is definately not the first draft. I have been working on this for about 6-7 years. As far as total pass throughs one is probably the third. It still has some holes but I think Ive got the basic craft down as least as much as I can for now. I am certainly closer than I have ever been.

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Re: Finished Draft
« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2009, 05:39:14 PM »
Oh I meant to add that I appreciate your comments. Thanks.