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How to Write When You Hate Your First Draft: A Love Letter to the Messy Middle | Story Lovers
In this episode of Story Lovers, host Kylie Eden offers a compassionate and practical guide for writers who struggle with the inevitable ugliness of their first drafts. This conversation is designed for novelists, short story writers, poets, and creative non-fiction authors who feel paralyzed by perfectionism or intimidated by the 'messy middle' of the writing process. If you have ever stared at a screen feeling like your words are garbage, or if you find yourself deleting more than you keep, this episode provides the permission slip you need to embrace imperfection. Kylie dismantles the myth…
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