Why You Should Consider Sharing Your Rough Draft

Why sharing your work in the early stages isn’t always a bad thing

J. S. Wong
The Writing Cooperative
4 min readFeb 11, 2022

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Don’t share your first draft. For the most part, I agree with and follow this common piece of writing advice. You finish your manuscript in private, then shelve it for several weeks to gain some distance before putting on your editor’s hat. After you spend some time…

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