Post-NaNoWriMo: Writing Your Second Draft

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It’s December. NaNoWriMo was a success, and you birthed your manuscript baby. Now what?

Join us for “Post-NaNoWriMo: Writing Your Second Draft,” a seminar with Maggie Morris, The Indie Editor, who will share practical tips and techniques for evaluating the first draft of your fiction manuscript so you can write your strongest second draft.

With plenty of examples from manuscripts she has edited, Maggie will discuss how she analyzes structure, plot, character, setting, pace, and theme. You don’t want to miss this one.

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Seminar cost: $10 (Free for members of Editors Canada.) Please note that payment is required to complete your registration.

Sign up today via email to kwg.twig@editors.ca with “Post-NaNoWriMo seminar” in the subject line. The deadline to register is December 14, 2020 (11:59 PM).

(Registered participants will receive payment instructions and the video link via email.)


Recap of Event Details

Post-NaNoWriMo: Writing Your Second Draft

Date: December 15, 2020

Time: 7:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.

RSVP: kwg.twig@editors.ca, attn: “Post-NaNoWriMo seminar”

Cost: $10 (Free for members of Editors Canada.)

Payment is required to complete your registration. Instructions will be sent by email.

Deadline to sign up: December 14, 2020 at 11:59 p.m.


Maggie Morris is a lifelong student of language and literature with a bachelor of arts in French and German language and literature from the University of Toronto and a certificate in Publishing from Ryerson University.

As an professional editor, Maggie has edited literary and commercial fiction for adults and young adults, specifically in the following genres: urban fantasy, high fantasy, speculative fiction, science fiction, crime fiction, thriller, horror, and contemporary romance.

She is also an avid writer, and she is represented by the literary agent Rena Rossner of The Deborah Harris Agency. Her debut novel, a mystery written under the pen name Maggie Findlay, is currently on submission. 


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