Status for my different writing projects. (30. June 2021)

Book nameDateStatus
Jane and her robots book 120.12.2020Stage 15
Jane and her robots book 220.12.2020Stage 3
Jane and her robots book 310.01.2021Stage 1 – 2
“Sky” book 129.12.2020Stage 1 – 3

The list of stages below represents the phases I went through with my first book. Some of the stages were very obvious to me at the time, while others were more of a gliding transition that I only noticed afterward. It’s not a definitive guide, but my interpretation and choices about writing a book. In my first book, I did not go in a linear fashion through the steps. It was more like a game of snakes and ladders. One thing is certain (for me at least), writing the first draft is just the first quarter of the total work, maybe even less. It will take the time it takes to get to the end (and that is also just a new beginning so, yeah).

StageDescription
Stage 1Brainstorming
Stage 2Prewrite / research / outline
Stage 3Writing first draft
Stage 4Text to speech audiobook listen
Stage 5revisioning first draft
Stage 6Alpha readers
Stage 7Writing second draft
Stage 8Beta readers
Stage 9Writing third draft
Stage 10External content editor
Stage 11Go though editors suggestions
Stage 12Writing forth draft
Stage 13External proofreader
Stage 14Go though proofreading suggestions
Stage 15On hold / minor edits
Stage 16Published

Status for my different writing projects.