Your Next Draft
Supporting fiction writers doing the hard work of revising unputdownable novels. The novel editing process is the creative crucible where you discover the story you truly want to tell—and it can present some of the most challenging moments on your writing journey.
Developmental editor and book coach Alice Sudlow will be your companion through the mess and magic of revision. You’ll get inspired by interviews with authors, editors, and coaches sharing their revision processes; gain practical tips from Alice’s editing practice; and hear what real revision truly requires as Alice workshops scenes-in-progress with writers.
It’s all a quest to discover: How do you figure out what your story is truly about? How do you determine what form that story should take? And once you do, how do you shape the hundreds of thousands of words you've written into the story’s most refined and powerful form?
If you’ve written a draft—or three—but are still searching for your story’s untapped potential, this is the podcast for you. Together, let’s dig into the difficult and delightful work of editing your next draft.
Your Next Draft
3 Speedy Strategies to Edit Your Novel Faster
You can finish editing your next draft in just a few weeks.
That’s right. You can finish it in three months—or less!
The trick, of course, is to find the editing process that works for you. The process that keeps you focused, motivated, and inspired so you can make the right changes to your book every day.
And in this episode, I’ll share three strategies I recommend to help you do just that.
You’ll learn:
- How to set a deadline that keeps you on track—and ensures you actually finish!
- When to hire an editor—and why hiring an editor after your first draft can shave years off your editing process.
- Why shaking things up and editing in a different location than your writing space can give you an editing boost.
Plus, get a free worksheet to guide you through setting your deadline for your next draft. Go to alicesudlow.com/deadline to get your worksheet.
Want more speedy tips? There are more fast editing tips coming for you in the next episode, so be sure to follow the podcast so you don’t miss them.
And be sure to check out episode 4 and episode 5 of the podcast for tips on how to finish your first draft faster. Hint: these tips will be helpful in your editing process, too!
And if you’d like expert editing support that will help you finish your next draft so much faster, I’d love to help. Send me a note at alice@alicesudlow.com and tell me about your book!
Links mentioned in the episode:
- Episode 4: 10 Productivity Tips to Finish Writing Your First Draft Faster
- Episode 5: 11 Creativity Tips to Finish Writing Your First Draft Faster
- Hire me to edit your book: alicesudlow.com/contact or alice@alicesudlow.com
- Get your free deadline worksheet: alicesudlow.com/deadline
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