Beyond the First Draft

Substacknewsletter · by Beyond the First Draft

Help for writers ready to honor their creative writing dreams and grow in the craft with a heavy focus on revision. Often will share pep talks I need to tell myself because I imagine someone else may need to hear them, too.

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From 5 posts indexed in the last 90 days
Last post
Oct 21, 2026
16 days ago
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fiction writers
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Beyond the First Draft is a Substack newsletter by Beyond the First Draft covering writer's block, manuscript evaluation and writing craft. NewsletterFIT indexed 5 posts from it in the last 90 days, most recently on Oct 21, 2026.

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