Do you have an editing plan, or do you try to edit everything you find that needs fixing?
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My editing plan is basically to finish the first draft, read through it once, see what I've missed out fully edit it, go back re-edit it etc. etc. It's tedious but I find that if you've changed a tiny bit in one chapter, it can cause a massive ripple effect throughout the piece so it's best to be prepared to edit the whole thing each time, or you miss out/overlook bits or make it more jarring. Also by the 3rd/4th draft that's when I let my editing team have their copies. I wait for their feedback, do a couple more edits then give them another copy. When I get that edit back I write one or two more then release. I hope that helps!
I've written quite a number of short stories lately. I've now developed a sort of plan. Once I've drafted an outline of the story, I write it without trying to edit it as I go. Once I have a complete draft, I like to leave it a few days before looking at it. I probably go through it another two or three times. Sometimes I do a specific edit looking at point of view, or relationship of dialogue to narrative. At some point you have to say enough is enough.
My novel, which I am trying to resurrect, I tended to edit as I went. You can very easily get bogged down like that. I'm now going to treat a chapter like a short story, which in effect they are.
When I write a short story I complete it, then leave it for a few days, then begin editing. But I do just go at it as many times as is necessary. With the one and only novel, I kept writing but did use editing as a way of getting back into the book. So the answer to your question is no to having a plan.
My editing plan is basically to finish the first draft, read through it once, see what I've missed out fully edit it, go back re-edit it etc. etc. It's tedious but I find that if you've changed a tiny bit in one chapter, it can cause a massive ripple effect throughout the piece so it's best to be prepared to edit the whole thing each time, or you miss out/overlook bits or make it more jarring. Also by the 3rd/4th draft that's when I let my editing team have their copies. I wait for their feedback, do a couple more edits then give them another copy. When I get that edit back I write one or two more then release. I hope that helps!
I've written quite a number of short stories lately. I've now developed a sort of plan. Once I've drafted an outline of the story, I write it without trying to edit it as I go. Once I have a complete draft, I like to leave it a few days before looking at it. I probably go through it another two or three times. Sometimes I do a specific edit looking at point of view, or relationship of dialogue to narrative. At some point you have to say enough is enough.
My novel, which I am trying to resurrect, I tended to edit as I went. You can very easily get bogged down like that. I'm now going to treat a chapter like a short story, which in effect they are.
When I write a short story I complete it, then leave it for a few days, then begin editing. But I do just go at it as many times as is necessary. With the one and only novel, I kept writing but did use editing as a way of getting back into the book. So the answer to your question is no to having a plan.
Regards
Ken