Draft 3 in 30 Days

I'm posting this for accountability and a bit of moral support. I'm working on the third draft of my contemporary YA novel. This draft is about story construction, adding/deleting content, characterization, and general fixes. After this draft, I'm sending my novel to betas, then fixing grammar, style, and minor line edits. Then, it's off to the agents in July or August!

I promised my beta readers that I'll send the third draft on or before June 1. This feels impossible to accomplish right now because I'm going on vacation next week and moving back to the US from my study abroad program in a few weeks. But alas, I made a promise and it's good career practice.

Now, back to edits!

Julia Joy said:

I'm on the same timeline for my current project! Presentable draft by June, out to agents by August. Good luck, and let me know if you ever need a kick in the pants or moral support.

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Thanks! Let me know if you need support too What are you working on?

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LStein said:

You can do it!

I have a similar timeline but I'll be doing my month-long 3rd draft in August or September and that'll be after I get feedback from betas.

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You got this!

Update: I'm up to chapter 4. Chapters 1 and 3 were revising what I already have, while chapter 2 was new.

How's everybody else doing?

Julia Joy said:

I've been really hung up on polishing my first chapter, which put me a little behind schedule, but I'm moving on to chapter 2 right now. Go team go!

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Yay, congrats! I totally get the polishing struggle. My first draft has been through the wringer about five times now and it's not done yet.