Go On Your Own Quest, Week 18: First Draft

Several readers emailed me about aggregating the entire series of posts we have been running in association with the Go On Your Own Quest initiative.

Here is Week 18: First Draft.

“The story must be a conflict” [Maxwell Anderson]

“If I waited until I felt like writing, I’d never write at all” [Anne Tyler]

“First you have nothing, and then… you have something” [T.C. Boyle]

“Discipline is everything for a working writer” [Don Winslow]

“Being a real writer means being able to do the work on a bad day” [Norman Mailer]

Just 6 more weeks to go!

For background on “Go Into The Story: The Quest,” go here and here.

For all the previous weeks of Go On Your Own Quest posts, go here.

Join the GOYOQ Forums, a free online hub where you and other Quest participants can go to support each other and share your stories. Go here.

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