Odile Sullivan-Tarazi August 30, 2022 First drafts are beautiful Odile Sullivan-Tarazi August 30, 2022 They’re where the magic startsThere’s an unfortunate trend toward bemoaning and denigrating first drafts. We sigh about how wretched they are. We wring our hands and commiserate.
Odile Sullivan-Tarazi August 22, 2021 Exposition: what it is, how best to use it Odile Sullivan-Tarazi August 22, 2021 Done well, it’s smooth and seamless, almost invisibleExposition means different things to a writer, depending upon context.
Odile Sullivan-Tarazi August 21, 2021 It’s not a “sh*tty” first draft Odile Sullivan-Tarazi August 21, 2021 It’s just a first draftWhich is to say, it’s a work in progress. It’s the clay just down on the potter’s wheel. It’s the paints you’re messing about with. It’s first thoughts, early tinkering, maybe already some revision (if so, bonus points!).
