First Draft FINISHED. Now What...?

Congratulations! You've finished a first draft! It might have taken months, or years even, to complete, but now revising it begins *face palm*

In this workshop, we'll define the makings of a second draft and learn to navigate your way through the established paths of rewriting towards it. By learning to redraft through the lens of character, structure, conflict, voice, storytelling and more, hopefully, you'll find a path that best suits you to produce the next draft. This will be a very practical workshops with writing exercises, examples and plenty of group discussion.

Incidentally, most full-length novels are redrafted from start to finish at least four times before they're ready for agents or publishers, but every single novel and its writer are different and there is no hard and fast rule. It's a fact that every first draft will need revising before it is submitted to any competition, agent or publisher.

Moving from first draft to second can be the most challenging for some writers who find rewriting the hardest. So many novels languish as a first draft because beyond the freewheeling writing process comes the editing, refining and redrafting hell which many writers find too daunting. Fear not! Come to this workshop and learn what comes after you write 'the end' for the first time.

Date & Timing: 11:30am to 2:30pm with a quick break in the middle. Doors open at 11:15pm. Please aim to arrive on time as we'll start at 11:30 prompt. We'll adjourn to the main bar after the session for a few social drinks and conversation but no problem if you can't hang around.

Guests: You can now invite a friend/guest to attend with you. Simply book them a ticket with yours. They don't need to be a member but ideally they will also be a writer - or a good storyteller, at least. Strictly no children (under 18s) are allowed for safeguarding reasons.

Location: The Artillery Arms102 Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8ND. Closest stations are Old Street, Barbican and Moorgate. Please grab a drink at the bar (they have all the drinks + coffee/tea) and come to the room upstairs.

Cost: £17.50 to pay for venue hire, content, preparation and event organising. Please follow the steps to pay via PayPal when you RSVP. It is £15.00 if you book before the end of May. Refunds or credits will only be offered if the meetup is cancelled by admin. Please change your RSVP to 'Not Going' if you can no longer attend as we often have people waiting and we'd hate for them to miss out. Download the Meetup app to manage your RSVPs quickly.

Not sure this is for you? Any questions or queries, please post a comment or DM the organiser directly.