From Zero Draft… to Hero Draft

“There are no mistakes. There are CHOICES. We have a scene. Or a character. Or a dialogue exchange. Whatever we’re writing, it represents one or more choices. So we try one. If it works, great. If not, it still represents progress.”

The initial draft of any story is going to be flawed. We know that going into the process. And yet after we finish that first draft and read it, it’s easy to get discouraged when…