Before You Edit Your First Draft…

Read. Read. Read. 

I choose three books to study after completing the first draft. One is similar in genre and plot, another is similar in tone, and a third is completely different but linked by a particular subject. For instance, I read A Convergence of Birds by Jonathan Safran Foer after finishing the Sculptor’s first draft. The link was that Birdie DuBois (not intentional!) is an assemblage artist who creates box poetry. A Convergence of Birds looks at the work of Joseph Cornell. Reading widely fills your editorial armory, but it’s a curious project to position your work alongside other books you would want to read. Also, it’s helpful to have varying comparable titles when you come to marketing your book in the future. 

I hope this has been useful. Good luck with your writing. Do you have any questions or feedback? Just post them in the comments below! Take care, everyone.

All the best,

Gret Heffernan

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