With my last MS I learned the revision trick of rewriting your entire second draft. You don't delete the first, and you can even have it right there next to you as you write the second, but I've found it helps SO much, especially because with the first draft you're writing your way in and finding the voice; this way in the second draft you start out with the solid voice and also find yourself making all kinds of little changes along the way that make it better. This works for me because I always write my first draft chronologically! And I actually heard Kate DiCamillo say on a recent episode of her new podcast with Kelly Yang that she uses this method, which made me feel validated lol.
Is it cheating to "delete" but paste the deletions in a separate document? I've done that and guess what? I NEVER GO BACK TO THE DOCUMENTS TITLED DELETIONS!
With my last MS I learned the revision trick of rewriting your entire second draft. You don't delete the first, and you can even have it right there next to you as you write the second, but I've found it helps SO much, especially because with the first draft you're writing your way in and finding the voice; this way in the second draft you start out with the solid voice and also find yourself making all kinds of little changes along the way that make it better. This works for me because I always write my first draft chronologically! And I actually heard Kate DiCamillo say on a recent episode of her new podcast with Kelly Yang that she uses this method, which made me feel validated lol.
I’ve done this for PBs…and dummies! But not novels! Hmmmmmmm
I love this philosophy. I "deleted" my whole draft and treated it like a sandbox, and then started over - SO much better. Now to finish... :)
Go get it!
Is it cheating to "delete" but paste the deletions in a separate document? I've done that and guess what? I NEVER GO BACK TO THE DOCUMENTS TITLED DELETIONS!
Not cheating!
Also: point made! Deleting allows you to grow and move on!!!!!