Draft Mode
Browse the Draft Mode newsletter archive to find exciting tips, tools and links galore for writers.
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.
Collect your highlights
An app for your favourite quotes, being a professional writer, writing consistently and redefining what makes a book good.
First ever livestream
An easy website builder, funding opportunities, the lowdown on book advances, and being a one-person marketing team.
Smaller adventures
Following your intuition, writing tips for anyone, Notion templates for writers, and how to increase your newsletter open rates.
Your second brain
Growing your newsletter, places to self-publish, organising a writing retreat and a writing tool that connects your thoughts.
Not with a fanfare
What literary agents do, a reading tracker, writing 1000 words an hour, plus some wise words from Nick Cave.
