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Q&A Do I write the entire series and edit, or edit the books as I go?

Personally I would do the the following: Write them all. Get all your first drafts done. Review them all. Get to a decent second or third draft on all three. Send your first book to an editor. Wh...

posted 8y ago by Lauren Ipsum‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T05:50:57Z (almost 5 years ago)
Personally I would do the the following:

- Write them all. Get all your first drafts done.
- Review them all. Get to a decent second or third draft on all three.
- Send your first book to an editor. When the editor gives that back, review the edits while the editor works on the second. Do the same with books 2 and 3.
- When all three have been reviewed, you can make a round or three of changes. If necessary, return them to the editor; lather, rinse, repeat as needed.
- Then do your polishing draft on all three.

I wouldn't polish the first one and _then_ do the second/third, because all three books should be interconnected. Ideally you will introduce items in book 1 which are echoed in 2 and pay off in 3. You may come up with an idea as you are doing draft 4 of book 2 and realize you need to lay pipe in book 1, and if book 1 is polished that's going to be difficult and annoying.

You wouldn't polish the first half of your book while the back half is in really rough shape, right? Treat your trilogy the same way.

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