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Start your draft.
Show up for your story.
Future you will thank yourself.

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🎙 Ep. 45 of First Draft Friday: Learn how to bring your characters to life through dialogue!
Alessandra Torre & Amy L. Bernstein share tips on revealing voice. ✍️🗣️
🎥 Watch: authors.ai/revealing-ch...
#AmWriting #WriterTips #FirstDraftFriday #DialogueMatters

What happens when a fantasy author dives into thrillers? 🧙‍♂️➡️🕵️‍♂️
Jeff Wheeler joined Alessandra Torre on First Draft Friday to talk genre pivots, new readers, and why he's not leaving fantasy behind.

🎥 Watch/read: authors.ai/when-authors...

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So great to hear you're keeping #FirstDraftFriday going for yourself! Congrats on your new draft, Susan!!

I am missing #FirstDraftFriday today but I wrote a picture book anyway! Hope you are okay.

I will miss the opportunity to mention donuts every month but you deserve a break! Congrats on completing FOUR YEARS of #FirstDraftFriday! It's been an amazing contribution to the kidlit community.

The #12x12PB challenge gives me a baseline goal of writing at least one draft per month. For the past couple years, I wrote those drafts on #FirstDraftFriday, hosted by @holliewolverton.bsky.social. Before that, I wrote them on critique train days hosted by @mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social.

Wow, that is amazing, Abby! Thank you for sharing that and for being part of #FirstDraftFriday for so long!! I have my fingers crossed for your stories!

Hollie, thank you so much for hosting #FirstDraftFriday all this time! You have inspired me to write a draft every first Friday of every month for the past two years. 24 of my stories exist because of you. I'm sure many others could say the same. Thank you for all that you do. Enjoy your break. 💖

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I'd normally be posting a #FirstDraftFriday reminder today for next Friday, but...

I'm putting the blog on hold for awhile due to some changes in my work life.

A huge THANK YOU to all who have participated over the last 4 years! I loved being part of your writing journeys!

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It's been a really bad week, but I was able to participate in the last #FirstdraftFriday of this year #kidlit

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Another #FirstDraftFriday is in the books! Way to wrap up 2024, #picturebook friends who could join in today!

@literallylynne.bsky.social, thank you for sharing about BROOMMATES & offering a critique! The winner is...

@donnarossman.bsky.social
I'll email you!

Love it! And love that you found a GIF to match! Thank you for joining in on #FirstDraftFriday, Claire!

So excited to see #FirstDraftFriday join BlueSky! 🥰

Awesome interview with @literallylynne.bsky.social on #FirstDraftFriday! Check out the post for a #GiveAway opportunity!

Thanks so much for the inspiration to write a new #PictureBook draft on #FirstDraftFriday, @holliewolverton.bsky.social! Still plenty of time to write a #PB today, #KidLit and #WritingCommunity friends!

Yay for snow!! Thanks for diving into #FirstDraftFriday, Sarah!

Woohoo! #FirstDraftFriday is on Bluesky!
PB writers...join us for a great day of donuts, reading a blog, writing a draft and entering a giveaway.

Hollie always forgets to list the donuts but I find them essential to a good day of writing.

#kidlit

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My #FirstDraftFriday GIF...

#FirstDraftFriday with Lynne Marie Lynne Marie is here as our final #FirstDraftFriday guest of 2024. She has quite a tale about how her most recent picture book, BROOMMATES, came to be. Read on to get inspired and then draft your own picture book manuscript today. BROOMMATES, written by Lynne Marie & Brenda Reeves Sturgis and illustrated by Nico Ecenarro, is available now from The Little Press.  To order or learn more about Lynne, visit LiterallyLynneMarie.com. Lynne is generously offering a manuscript critique prize for someone

#FirstDraftFriday is TODAY!
#kidlit, #writingcommunity

☑️Read blog
☑️Get inspired by author @literallylynne.bsky.social
☑️Draft a new #picturebook
☑️Enter giveaway by 10pm ET

& optional/for fun
✅Drop a GIF in comments to hint at your idea
www.holliewolverton.com/post/firstdr...

#FirstDraftFriday 2024 This is year four for #FirstDraftFriday, and I'm so grateful for everyone who has joined in, be it every now and then or every. single. month! It's awesome to be part of your kidlit journey.If you're ...

REMINDER: #FirstDraftFriday is Dec. 6 with
@literallylynne.bsky.social and BROOMMATES!

Read the blog, write a new #picturebook draft, & enter the critique giveaway! 🎉
RT this for an extra entry! #kidlit #WritingCommunity

Details⬇️
www.holliewolverton.com/post/firstdr...

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#FirstDraftFriday!

Love #FirstDraftFriday and I’m so glad you’re here, Hollie. 🩵 #kidlit

Wish I'd made the move over here a while ago! Hoping to connect with #kidlit friends and chat about all things #picturebooks! Where my #FirstDraftFriday folks at???

Hi #kidlitart was a good month
-I participated in #firstDraftFriday and I won a critique!
-I participated in #Latinxpitch and an editor liked my pitch but my agent (who I don't have yet) has to send it
-I got some work after a month with nothing
-I worked a lot on my dummy
-My aji plant has 2 ajies!

Today was my third time participating in #FirstDraftFriday! It's great to start the month with a new manuscript draft! Also, being just the day after #kidlitartpostcard and after receiving a lot of love on my illustrations, it really helps to start the month in good mood!

Doing my first #FirstDraftFriday! #kidlit

Just finished a #FirstDraftFriday. And it's...probably the strangest picture book I've ever written. 😆

It's got a mysterious quest and a foundling kitten and a guava tree. 🤷🏾‍♀️

Anyway, Happy Friday #kidlit friends! May you rest your creative spirits this weekend!