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First draft Vs Rewriting


Do you actually, literally rewrite the first draft? : r/writing - Reddit

Not rewriting your first draft is just something that people could even think about doing for the past twenty years or so. If you wanted to go ...

After your first draft, do you prefer to edit or rewrite (entirely ... - Quora

Rewriting a first draft is one of the many things authors will do to correct what they know are major errors in the story. Not all drafts will ...

Mastering the Rewrite: One Writer's Journey to the Finished Draft

Debut novelist Love Hudson-Maggio shares her journey from finishing her first draft to polishing off a final draft she loved. Author: Love ...

First Draft Finished. Now What? The Difference Between Revising ...

To create a foundational understanding, for now, think of revision as rewriting: big-picture, broad brushstroke changes to the manuscript. Think ...

Re-Writing vs. Editing. How to know which your first draft… - Medium

The more extensive your cuts, the more likely you need to do a full on re-write. If you only need to cut the word count 10–20%, you can probably ...

The first draft is always the hardest (and why you shouldn't fear ...

Rewriting is nothing like a first draft. It feels like you're writing with a jetpack. The only thing to fear is revision fatigue. Revision ...

The craft of writing first drafts and rewriting - Deccan Herald

What exactly is a first draft? It is just the writer scribbling away all the thoughts on the given topic or the story/novel one wants to write.

Writing A Book: What Happens After The First Draft?

If this is your first book or the first book in a series, it can be worth getting a structural edit (sometimes called a story edit for fiction or an editorial ...

Don't Edit, Rewrite Instead. How to go from first draft to…

When the draft is done and dusted, and you're ready to move forwards, simply open your manuscript and open a new document. Keep your manuscript ...

How to edit the first draft of your novel: a guide to rewriting

How to edit the first draft of your novel: a guide to rewriting · Put your first draft away and take a break · Revisit your genre and reader ...

How to rewrite your first draft - Writing Handbook - Julian Shapiro

In short, your first draft is to extract novel ideas out of your brain. Your second draft is to rewrite those ideas so they resonate. The process of writing ...

How To Revise A First Draft- Step By Step - Jericho Writers

How To Revise A First Draft- Step By Step · Step 1: Read Through Your Book · Step Two: Organise Your Thoughts · Step 3: Work From Big To Small · Step Four: Work In ...

The Best 3 Techniques to Rewrite Your First Draft - One Lit Place

Where the original drafting is all right brain freewheeling, rewriting a first draft is left brain war-room strategizing. You need to use what you know of ...

The First Rewrite - Writer Unboxed

For me, the rewriting process has become more creative and much more fun than the first draft. Even so, rereading is such a huge part of the ...

When do you know your first draft is done? What do you consider a ...

Big chunks of dialogue, maybe, or visual descriptions entirely. But if you've told yourself the entire story and you know exactly how you get ...

Revise as you go? Or wait till end of 1st draft?

I am constantly revising my writing process and I've recently experimented with allowing myself to do one full rewrite every chapter. It seems ...

How many rewrites should a writer expect for a novel?

That might mean rewriting the first book 20 times before you are good enough to make it good, or it could mean rewriting four books 5 times each ...

You ever make a first draft and already want to do a heavy rewrite ...

Just stiffle that b with "I can write a better story-later." Never wrong to start with bad drafts, or publish bad stories, or maybe only you ...

How common is it to rewrite your first draft in a different genre?

Sometimes the writer, especially a new writer, may not realize what genre they're writing in at first. They start writing what they think is a ...

Anyone ever follow Dean Wesley Smith's advice to NOT rewrite?

I also don't agree with the people who say that writing is rewriting, that once you have the first draft, you're only just beginning the writing ...