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Interview #704: Twitter Tor Chat (Cosmere), Entry #20

GabrielRumbaut (14 November 2011)

How “bad” are your first drafts? Many authors say their first draft of a novel is always terrible.

Brandon Sanderson (14 November 2011)

They’re pretty bad. In a first draft, I focus on character arcs and laying down dialogue.

So the descriptions are sparse, and often they’re overly wordy to a huge fault. Drafts streamline.

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