People love to hide their mistakes but as writers we need to talk about them because if you don't know what mistakes you're making you don't know the things you might be doing right now that are keeping you from finishing your novel.

As you all know, writing is a huge time investment and you always want to make the best use of your time. If you set out to write a novel you want to publish and are making one of the mistakes below, you could add weeks, months, or even years of unnecessary revision to the already lengthy writing process.

I hate to waste my time and I would hate it if you're wasting yours. So it’s probably worth a check – are you making one of the mistakes below?

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When I surveyed over 1000 of you guys a few weeks ago you told me your biggest writing struggles were:

• Learning how to improve plot & outline a novel

• Getting the tools you need to stay motivated and finish your first draft

When I read that these were your struggles I got excited because I used to struggle with the same exact things.

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A few weeks ago I asked you guys what your biggest writing struggles are, and the majority of you said you struggle with creating a plot and finishing your first draft. I've been hard at work creating a resource that's going to walk you through this process step by step, but before we talk about that I want to teach you the two ways to finish a first draft.

Now in reality there's an infinite number of ways to finish a first draft, but writers often fall into 1 of 2 buckets: "Plotter" or "Pantser"

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