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Q&A Write to the finish, or edit as you go?

Someone asked this question in another forum, and I thought I'd bounce it around in here to see what kind of responses we get. If you are working on writing a new book, is it better to just write a...

3 answers  ·  posted 13y ago by Steven Drennon‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T01:48:35Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/3513
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Steven Drennon‭ · 2019-12-08T01:48:35Z (almost 5 years ago)
Someone asked this question in another forum, and I thought I'd bounce it around in here to see what kind of responses we get. If you are working on writing a new book, is it better to just write all the way through to the end on your first draft, or should you periodically stop and go back to edit? If you edit as you go, will it help reduce the amount of deviation your story takes, or will it lessen the number of changes you end up making on the second draft? Is there a clear advantage to editing as you go?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2011-08-03T01:51:27Z (over 13 years ago)
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