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After having waited for three months for the first draft of my novel to "cool off," I've finally decided to work on the second one. But now I'm presented with who options: 1) edit the this first d...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T03:08:51Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Alexandro Chen
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2019-12-08T03:08:51Z (almost 5 years ago)
After having waited for three months for the first draft of my novel to "cool off," I've finally decided to work on the second one. But now I'm presented with who options: **1) edit the this first draft until I'm totally satisfied****2) edit the first draft, skip those parts I'm having problems with, and try to figure them out on the third draft.** **Pros of Option 1:** - I won't have to read my novel like 6 or 7 times until I get sick of it (not that it happened to me before. Maybe it won't). - I'll finish the editing a bit faster. **Pros of Option 2:** - Because I distance myself from a scene immediately after writing it, the third time I'll have a fresher mind to decide whether it's a good one or not. - Since there are some scenes I want to rewrite completely I'll be less likely to remove scenes that I wrote until satisfaction. Have you faced this dilemma before? Which option you practice, and why you think it's better than the other?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2013-10-17T07:00:08Z (about 11 years ago)
Original score: 5