Melissa Fitzpatrick

Aug 16, 20227 min read

Editing and a New Chapter One

Quite a while ago on my Facebook page, I mentioned a few writing books I like, and The Story Grid by Shawn Coyne was one of them- it was...

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Aug 2, 20228 min read

August Book Update

Okay, first off, I want to say I LOVE the horse in this week's blog graphic- he reminds me of the horse in the story I ended up writing...

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Jul 26, 20227 min read

3 Reasons to Take a Break From Your First Draft

Well, I did it- I finished the "shitty first draft" of Rescue! Not gonna lie, I summarized the last three chapters. This draft had to get...

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Jul 19, 20229 min read

Shitty First Drafts

One of the best, most freeing concepts I've learned since I started writing is “Shitty First Drafts”. I guess it came from Anne Lamott’s...

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Jul 5, 20224 min read

July Book Update

June is done, and I'm at least a little closer to finishing the first draft of Rescue. It started out as a tough month, with a lot of...

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Jun 7, 20225 min read

It's Almost Done!

Note From Melissa I wrote this a couple weeks ago, trying to get ahead on all things "author platform", with plans to update this post...

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