The MmmFA: 6 months to 3rd Draft

June - November

Farewell NaNoWriMo. Hello MmmFA.

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Where once we would have dedicated November to vomit-drafting 50,000k, now we’ll use that time to polish a third draft of a novel. We will work on that novel from June through October, bringing it from nothing to the second draft, and dedicate November to polishing it to perfection.

The Rules

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The MmmFA will be assigned readings and lessons supporting your journey through writing that novel. While there will be paid-subscriber material, everyone will be able to participate! There will also be discussion threads in the Literary Salon Forum that will only be open to paid subscribers.

Timeline

Work officially begins June 1st.

Deadline: a completed first draft, July 31st.

Rest week: August 1st - 7th

Deadline: completed second draft, October 24th.

Rest week: October 25th - 31st

3rd Deadline: completed third draft, November 30th.

That’s two months for the first draft, 2.5 months for the second draft, and a month for the third draft.

You know your writing speed and the length expectations for your genre, but I recommend focuses on a novel short enough to be completed within the given time. A 65,000-word novel would require 1,065 words a day to complete the first draft in two months.

Can’t write 1k words a day? You don’t have to wait until June 1st to start. The finished work is the goal.

— Thaddeus Thomas