Five ways to make your second draft shine. First drafts are often terrible. Fixing them in your second draft can be painful. But with this systematic approach to writing a second draft, it can be fun, efficient, and bring out the full potential of your novel.
00:00 Introduction
01:22 The Second Draft is Often the Hardest
03:02 Step 1: Suffer the Pain - Read Your First Draft End to End
04:50 Step 2: Examine the Characters
06:21 Step 3: Pull on the Threads - Study the Story Arcs
09:24 Step 4: Catalog the World
11:09 Step 5: Outline the Second Draft
12:37 Secret Sauce: My Scene Template
16:39 Step 6: Write Your 2nd Draft + Bonus Tips