Archive - First Draft Pro's Newsletter

Joke formats for novel writers

Eight joke formats to punch-up your dialogue, character interactions, and prose

Aug 11 •

July 2025

Cultivating ideas (and managing them!)

Ideas, idea management, and an improvement to FDP support

Jul 25 •

Removing AI & other improvements

Announcing First Draft Pro v1.0.75 💜

Jul 11 •

May 2025

Using acting techniques as a novelist

How I'm using acting techniques to write characters with purpose, who inhabit physical space convincingly, and who drive the narrative forward 🎭

May 13 •

April 2025

5 tips for setting-up a novel

These are the tricks I use for setting up new writing projects in First Draft Pro!

Apr 18 •

A Story Genius outlining guide

A short guide to outlining a novel with the Story Genius method 🧩

Apr 5 •

March 2025

Using psychology to define a character

Using psychology to define a character’s motivations, goals, misbelief, and character arc in your novel 🔮

Mar 21 •

January 2025

December 2024

Introducing highlights in First Draft Pro

Happy new feature day story nerds! 🎉

Dec 4, 2024 •

October 2024

30 unserious writing prompts for the seriously stuck writer

Use them as warm up exercises, or to unstick yourself if the words aren't flowing.

Oct 24, 2024 •

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