What To Do With A First Draft
WHQ Staff
June 25, 2026
Blatted through that first sweep through of your story? Eeeek! What do you do now?
Blatted through that first sweep through of your story? Eeeek! What do you do now?
Editing short fiction (or any writing for that matter) requires an objective eye and some brave decision making – here’s how to do it.
Need help with editing your precious words? Learn from the greats and find an editing method that works for you and your writing.
It’s SUPER hard to look objectivity at your own work. So how do you get the distance you need to really hone your story?
Expert tips and tricks on editing and fine-tuning your novel
How to engineer a big satisfying payoff for your story with some subtle seeding…
Organise your shit, overcome the overwhelm, and finish your dang book.
Sometimes royally screwing with your plot is the only way to fix it…
It’s a beautifully crafted literary masterpiece in your head, but miserable on paper. So how do you get from ‘pile of words’ to ‘book-shaped thing’
The widget that lets you sign into the forum with your WHQ login has given up.
We are trying to coax it back into existence. So far neither bribery, begging or crying has worked. We are currently trying shaking our fists at the sky and going ‘grrrr’.
You can still get to the forum though! Do this:
IMPORTANT: This means you will have TWO (2) passwords/logins. One for the WHQ main site and one for the forum. It’s a pain in the arse. We’re sorry. It is temporary, but at least you can dick about on the forum again. OKAY BYE.
Once you hit the button, you’ll get a confirmation email, and we’ll send you the Zoom link an hour before the event.
We’ve sent the Zoom link to your inbox and we’ll send it again one hour before the event.
If you don’t get an email, check your spam fist and then wang us a line on he**@**********co.uk and we’ll leap into action with keenness and speed.
FREE ONLINE EVENTS
Online Writers’ Retreats
Spend a whole day writing with us!
Flash Face Off
Prompts every week, live reading every month
Get your free account to join the fun
GOLD STAR MEMBER EVENTS
Bag your Gold Star Membership now and write your heart out