It's an unhappy moment. An editor tells an author they need the first-draft copy before editing can begin.   The writer is dumbfounded. Isn't that what they emailed?   No.   They sent months (or years) of musings. Maybe the file was run through spell check.   But it's not the copy they should send to their editor.   Ramping up to an acceptable … [Read more...] about 4 money-saving steps to your first draft