After three years, my novel's first draft is still just a pile of notes.

Any tips for making scattered thoughts into a full story?

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My notes for a sci-fi story filled two entire notebooks before I even wrote chapter one. I was stuck for ages until I forced myself to pick one scene and just write it, no matter how bad. Now that messy scene is the core of my third draft, so maybe start with whatever note excites you most.

keith_taylor7d ago

TWO notebooks of notes before chapter one aren't that SERIOUS, honestly.

the_mary2d ago

So you think two notebooks isn't serious, what makes you say that?