It’s been a while since I wrote a post about writing. But I thought now’s a good time since I’m posting the first draft of my work-in-progress Seed Fall, and several of you are reading it. This post might help you to know what to expect and what not to expect.

The key phrase in the paragraph above is first draft.

This means what you’re reading is exactly as the words emerged from my mind, slithered into my fingers and got tapped onto screen. With very little editing.

You’ll probably notice the story lacks depth of description, both of settings and people. These I add in the second and later drafts. It might also lack depth of the characters’ emotional life – except where I consider it essential to plot. Again, that’s added in later drafts. And the characters are yet to be developed. Though they exist fully formed in my head, I’ve yet to add the relevant details.

You might notice threads that don’t connect, or that threaten imminently to unravel. By the way, if you do notice this I’d appreciate you flagging it in the comments. Thank you.

What I hope you won’t notice is a dragging of pace. Again, if you do notice it, flag it. Thank you.

Oh yeah, and there could be repetitions, especially of exposition. While I’ll catch and amend such oversights during one the many edits that await this wip, it would help me enormously if you’d take two minutes to flag it in the comments.

Lastly, I hope you enjoy the read, raw and unpolished though it is.