Novel writing advice I wish someone had told me earlier

Theodore Greenbaum
12 min readJun 10, 2024

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I worked on my first novel for ten years, scrapping dozens of failed drafts without ever finishing any of them. Over time I was able to identify flaws in my process that caused me problems again and again. Addressing those problems changed everything, and this month I finally finished a novel I’m proud of.

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