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What's your drafting/writing process?
Okay, this is how I write:
I write everything all at once and edit as I go along. I rarely go and re-edit. Almost everything I write tends to be a final draft.
I write a few paragraphs and then read them, edit them, then check how it flows and matches with the rest of that page, and then move on.
I'm a perfectionist so I can't do "first drafts". At the end, I'll read the whole thing (or with my novels, only a chapter at a time) to make sure that it all works and doesn't seem choppy- in which case I'll catch a few typos or something- but for the most part I only do one real draft.
Also, when I've typed the paragraph or so, I'll read it aloud. One thing I've learned from a writing class in college was that reading your work out loud is how you catch things that you wouldn't have noticed otherwise. For some reason, your mind doesn't see a lot of things when you read it in your mind.
What do you do? What's your process and do you edit after, during, or both?
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Permalink Reply by Nicole on -
Wow, good for you for not needing a second draft. For me, I plan the best. I have to know what happens in the end. That doesn't mean that I won't allow the story to go off track as it needs to, but when I plan, I actually finish the story. But, most of all, I need to know the characters and I need to really take the time to let them "sit" in my mind for a while before they go on the page.
During, I go into until it's done. I canNOT edit as I go along otherwise I won't finish. I also handwrite my first drafts. When I'm done, that means I don't NEED to take a "step back," I take my step back by typing what I have written. And then when I have done that, I share my story and gain feedback as much as I can and the rewriting process begins! :)
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Permalink Reply by Erica on -
I tend to come up with Ideas as I am going to sleep but usually the next day I just start freewriting and getting it all out of my head. Then as I go along I just revise when necessary. This past month I started writing a brand new book from an idea I got literally one friday morning and how I am continuing to add to it. Please check it out on my blog Miscellaneous Ramblings of Eureka Thomas I revise and continue to write to it every Friday to it! Also check out Jeff Goins he has a lot of helpful tips on how to become or get back to writing!!!
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