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Announcing the Gotham Blog

If you’re reading this, you probably know that Gotham is continually handing out pearls of lustrous information for writers like you. Not to the cheap “content” everyone else is shoving in your face.

Well, Gotham has a blog now, where we’ll be posting much of this information.

The main features of the blog:

Letters from Alex – My letters, the ones from this newsletter, will be collected there, one a month. Mostly I give insights on writing, but I throw in other musings as well. For years, people have been asking for this. (Okay, my wife and maybe one other person.) Continue reading “Announcing the Gotham Blog”

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Surviving a First Draft

Based on completely unscientific evidence, I would say the downfall of most writers (let’s say 88 percent) is getting through a first draft. They jump ship; they just can’t make it.

Those writers (perhaps 12 percent) that manage to finish a first draft have a much better chance (let’s say 77 percent) of making it through at least two more drafts and sending their work on its way into the world. Continue reading “Surviving a First Draft”