Celebrate then Evaluate

Now that you've had a little more time to celebrate your Nanowrimo victory (or any other completion), now comes the time to step back and decide your next move.If you're at a total loss on what to do with your first draft then I'd tuck it into a drawer and move onto another project for a month or more. Some space between you and the manuscript will help you better see it for its flaws when you pick it up again. It's okay for it to not be perfect. More than likely it's a long way from perfect and will require a lot of work to get to the submittable stage. 
 

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