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If you're lucky you get to a point where you look forward to the time when you can begin revising your work. This moment usually arrives when you've finished a rough or first draft. You're so happy to have completed it it's cause for celebration even though you know it needs work. Maybe lots of work.
You might do some cursory rewriting along the way--cutting or editing or padding scenes that you knew weren't working--but the serious roll-up-your-sleeves-get-down-and-dirty work hasn't begun.
Most new writers wince at the thought of rewriting. They don't understand the value of taking a close look at what they've written and honestly seeing if it's any good. These new writers sometimes feel that rewriting takes away the creative energy they used to chrun out those first 110 or so pages. They're reluctant to believe that, while completing the first draft is an accomplishment, it's a minor accomplishment.
The real work is ready to begin.
Next week I'll be expanding on this primarily because I'm working on a deadline and I need to revise some pages. |
