I paid for a manuscript assessment by Faber for my first draft. Mysteriously, they didn't tell me it was fabulous and a shoe-in for a CWA best first novel award.
One thing they did say, which I have passed on to members of my WhatsApp writing group, is that "The purpose of a first draft is to exist."
Give birth to that first draft (not easy) then work on bringing it up to be interesting, accomplished, witty and any other qualities you like in a novel.
Then send it out into the world and cross your fingers that it finds someone who likes it as much as you do.
I paid for a manuscript assessment by Faber for my first draft. Mysteriously, they didn't tell me it was fabulous and a shoe-in for a CWA best first novel award.
One thing they did say, which I have passed on to members of my WhatsApp writing group, is that "The purpose of a first draft is to exist."
Give birth to that first draft (not easy) then work on bringing it up to be interesting, accomplished, witty and any other qualities you like in a novel.
Then send it out into the world and cross your fingers that it finds someone who likes it as much as you do.
Exactly that! It’s uncomfortable to be so messy but it’s also necessary.