Your first draft will be a terrible mess - and that's ok! Time to embrace the chaos of the first step of the writing process.

Goodreads has found itself at the centre of yet another reviews-related scandal . If you haven't heard about it: a (white) debut author named Cait Corrain was caught using fake accounts to boost her own book's ratings while review bombing other authors who were publishing novels similar to hers. Many of the authors she targeted were people of colour. When she was called out, she literally blamed it on an imaginary friend, and then blamed it on mental health issues. Now, there