Revision process
- First tackle the big picture stuff, like plot points that don't work, or things that need to be added into it
- For me, it doesn't make sense to be worried about the sentence flow when you're not even sure that sentence will make the cut
- All this is marked on my outline using color codes
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Revision Color Codes
- Red is for things that need to get cut/changed massively with a lot of rewriting
- Green is for smaller plot/arc changes that will be threaded through the book
- Yellow is something that I'm not sure if it works or not
- Purple are plot points that can't be changed without ...
Creating the outline
- I don't re-write my whole book for a second draft. Instead, I go through and leave notes both in the document and on an outline as I read through it for the first time since it was finished.
- This allows me to refresh the story in my head, but also see things that I'd like to chan...
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