Writing
down the bones, October 20, 2013
I’ve
recently had the good fortune to read a first draft romance as part of a swap project with
my first draft. I quickly realized that things were missing from my swap
partner’s manuscript. What wasn’t missing was the bones (the necessary character and scene development). Using this technique,
you write each scene you want and quickly. You pay attention to the dialogue
and interior monologue but go swiftly or sparingly through what might normally slow
some writers down, like research, description, the senses, the who, what,
where, why, and when.
How
do you write your first draft?
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