Phil W. Bayles

Serious ideas from a silly man.

second draft

14 September, 2025

Reaching “The End.”

Or: How I Learned That The First Draft Isn’t Always Shit. Continue reading

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dorothy parker, fiction, manuscript, novel, second draft, typing, Writing

About The author

Phil W. Bayles has lived in Paris and London, where he’s written everything from movie reviews to mattress adverts. These days he lives in Derbyshire with his wife, his daughter and his cat. He writes very silly stories about very serious ideas, with the occasional poem to mix things up.

But what does the W stand for?

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second draft

Reaching “The End.”