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Just lying around
Free writing resources, getting unstuck, mapping your mind, common writing mistakes, and how to rewild your attention.
The results are in
Finding your audience, keeping your thoughts close, beating creative block, avoiding perfectionism and beautiful bookmaking.
Results of the great Draft Mode survey 2021
Take a look at all the charts and graphs following my recent survey of Draft Mode newsletter subscribers.
Ifs and buts
Prep for NaNoWriMo, quit your job to write (or not), non-fiction book proposals, elements of plot, and an app for online sticky notes.
Retreat, retreat!
Block the internet, writing productivity tips, long-term writing projects, pros and cons of outlining and two feedback tools.
Finding courage
Why confidence is overrated, writing a novel with index cards, how to make it as an artist, gentle writing advice and how to sell a memoir.
What do you want?
Fantastic first novel tips, writing the other, getting poetry published, essential websites for writers and the 2021 newsletter survey.
The long haul
Beating the blank page, storytelling tips from Marvel, create YouTube videos with your phone and how to become a ghostwriter.
A single sentence
Index your books, how to write a synopsis, making writing groups work, revising for a second edition and making your art a garden.
Quantity over quality
Paper-like iPad writing, Ray Bradbury's writing advice, getting a literary agent, plus YouTube and TikTok audience-building tactics.
