Page One to Done: Finish Your Novel in 30 Days with the Fast Drafting Method
May 2026 · Hay House, Inc
Ebook
257
Pages
infoThis book will become available on May 19, 2026. You will not be charged until it is released.
About this ebook
Finally finish the first draft of your novel with a method that is designed to bring efficiency, speed, and joy to the process.
Does it seem like you’ve spent so much time writing and are left only with a folder full of false starts? Stories you were so excited to write but then gave up a few chapters in or even halfway through? Are you trapped in an endless cycle of rewrites, self-doubt, and perfectionism?
Enter fast drafting: a fool-proof method for getting your book out of your head and onto the page. Based on her popular course, Jessica Brody, author of Save the Cat! Writes a Novel, will guide you through the process of getting through a first draft as quickly (and messily) as possible so you can not only get the thing done but more importantly discover your story faster and get to the revision process with clarity.
Jessica infuses the key elements of persistent forward momentum and invisible revising into her 3-phase approach:
Within 30 days, you’ll gain the mental space and freedom to easily and more joyfully finish every project you start.
Does it seem like you’ve spent so much time writing and are left only with a folder full of false starts? Stories you were so excited to write but then gave up a few chapters in or even halfway through? Are you trapped in an endless cycle of rewrites, self-doubt, and perfectionism?
Enter fast drafting: a fool-proof method for getting your book out of your head and onto the page. Based on her popular course, Jessica Brody, author of Save the Cat! Writes a Novel, will guide you through the process of getting through a first draft as quickly (and messily) as possible so you can not only get the thing done but more importantly discover your story faster and get to the revision process with clarity.
Jessica infuses the key elements of persistent forward momentum and invisible revising into her 3-phase approach:
- Mindset: Overcome perfectionism and self-doubt
- Preparation: Flesh out the details of your story
- Drafting: Put everything together and write your first draft in the quickest way possible
Within 30 days, you’ll gain the mental space and freedom to easily and more joyfully finish every project you start.
About the author
Jessica Brody is the best-selling author of the popular novel-writing guides Save the Cat! Writes a Novel and Save the Cat! Writes a Young Adult Novel and the founder of the online writing school, Writing Mastery Academy. She has also written over 20 novels for teens, tweens, and adults including The Geography of Lost Things, The Chaos of Standing Still, A Week of Mondays, 52 Reasons to Hate My Father, Amelia Gray is Almost Okay, the Unremembered trilogy, and the System Divine series, co-written with Joanne Rendell. Her books have been translated and published in over 20 languages and several have been optioned for film and television. She lives with her husband and three dogs near Portland, OR.
www.jessicabrody.com
www.jessicabrody.com
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