Considered one of the most prolific writers working in modern fiction, New York Times and USA Today bestselling writer, Dean Wesley Smith published over two hundred novels and over seven hundred books in forty years, and hundreds and hundreds of short stories. He has over thirty million copies of his books in print.

At the moment he produces novels in four major series, including the time travel Thunder Mountain novels set in the old west, the galaxy-spanning Seeders Universe series, the cold case mystery series, Cold Poker Gang series, and the superhero series staring Poker Boy.

During his career, Dean also wrote a couple dozen Star Trek novels, the only two original Men in Black novels, Spider-Man and X-Men novels, plus novels set in gaming and television worlds. Writing with his wife Kristine Kathryn Rusch under the name Kathryn Wesley, they wrote the novel for the NBC miniseries The Tenth Kingdom and other books for Hallmark Hall of Fame movies.

He wrote novels under dozens of pen names in the worlds of comic books and movies, including novelizations of almost a dozen films, from X-Men to The Final Fantasy to Steel to Rundown.

Dean also worked as a fiction editor off and on, starting at Pulphouse Publishing, then at VB Tech Journal, then Pocket Books, and now at WMG Publishing where he and Kristine Kathryn Rusch serve as executive editors for the acclaimed Fiction River anthology series. He took over the editorship of the acclaimed Pulphouse Magazine in 2018.

For more information about Dean's books and ongoing projects, please visit his website at www.deanwesleysmith.com

The Pop-Up Series - Clean First Draft Writing by Dean Wesley Smith

Pop-Up #4... The Art of Writing Clean First Draft

Yes, we believe that writing clean first draft that you can release is an art form. It takes some understanding of certain aspects of fiction writing, it takes clearing out some myths that you may be holding tight. And it take a belief that such a thing is even possible.

In this Pop-Up #4, Kris and I will talk about the art of writing clean first drafts of your novels and your short stories and with luck show you how to do it, if you decide to open your mind to the possibility that you don't have to outline, you don't have to do character sketches, you just sit down and tell a story and then release it. No rewriting, no lost time, nothing.

Yes, it is possible.

This Pop-Up also has a fun short story prompt with it.

CURATOR'S NOTE

This class from WMG teaches writers an important aspect of craft: How to write a clean first draft. Stop constantly rewriting and revising. Learn how to do it right the first time. – Kristine Kathryn Rusch

 
 

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