https://wadefrancis.com/tags/drafting/ Recent content in drafting on Wade Francis | Science Fiction Author Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +1100 https://wadefrancis.com/blog/when-things-work-before-elegant/ Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +1100 https://wadefrancis.com/blog/when-things-work-before-elegant/ Draft 2.0 isn’t about elegance. It’s about getting the structure to hold so you can see what actually needs fixing. https://wadefrancis.com/blog/working-on-the-next-two-books/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 20:36:31 +1100 https://wadefrancis.com/blog/working-on-the-next-two-books/ While Whispers in the Dark moves toward publication, work on Book Two is nearing version 2.0 and the high-level structure of Book Three is already in place. https://wadefrancis.com/blog/how-many-drafts-does-a-novel-take/ Sun, 28 Dec 2025 09:01:54 +1100 https://wadefrancis.com/blog/how-many-drafts-does-a-novel-take/ Counting drafts after the fact reveals how a novel really evolves — through iteration, discarded assumptions, and structural rewrites.