# Just finished the first draft of my third novel **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 23, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-finished-the-first-draft-of-my-third-novel/732338 "2015-09-23T21:01:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-finished-the-first-draft-of-my-third-novel/732338/1 "2015-09-23T21:01:55Z")
It’s a children’s middle-grade fantasy, i.e., it’s for ages 8-12. Now all I have to do is: Add a character that I thought of halfway through, make it longer (about 3,000 words should do it), explain just why the villains showed up when they did, proofread, and, what was that last part? Oh, yeah… Make it good.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-finished-the-first-draft-of-my-third-novel/732338/2 "2015-09-23T21:09:52Z")
Congratulations! Take a few days off before you dive back in, celebrate a bit. Then back to work. Umm, you wouldn’t happen to be on really good terms with your literary agent, would you?? ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-finished-the-first-draft-of-my-third-novel/732338/3 "2015-09-23T22:06:32Z")
Unfortunately, I don’t have a literary agent yet. Working on it, though.