I tend to write pretty good first drafts (LH notwithstanding :D) and then do a rewrite right from that draft. Sometimes things change drastically and sometimes hardly at all, but I think the key is, is to just get out of my own way.
That said, I'm not really a very good rewriter or tweaker, probably because I'm a much better getter-in-the-way person. It seems like I lose sight of my story the further I get from that first draft.
I feel I'm better with other people's stories and seeing what that other writer should do (LOL), but I've learned to keep all such notions to myself. Or I really do try, I should say ;D
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Date: 2008-11-19 02:58 pm (UTC)That said, I'm not really a very good rewriter or tweaker, probably because I'm a much better getter-in-the-way person. It seems like I lose sight of my story the further I get from that first draft.
I feel I'm better with other people's stories and seeing what that other writer should do (LOL), but I've learned to keep all such notions to myself. Or I really do try, I should say ;D