First drafts are notoriously easy for me to breeze through.
Step #1: An idea pops into my head
Step#2: I write about it.
The End.
However, the rewriting process has proven to be more of a challenge for me. I find myself questioning the passages which I jotted down in the first draft.
Should I mention the hilarious vignette about the nature hike gone wrong? Will the readers be interested in the greater implications of what life is like in a town with a huge military presence?
Generally, by the time I reach this point in the rewriting process, I am breezing onto the next project. However, I am making a HUGE effort to break my usual pattern with this untitled Newport memoir. I will not allow this project to fade into the realm of my infamous Purgatory for unfinished writing projects.
Each day, I toil on rewriting aspect of this project for at least 2 hours. The work has been slow but, I can see a huge difference between the crappy first draft and the one I am working on right now.
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Step #1: An idea pops into my head
Step#2: I write about it.
The End.
However, the rewriting process has proven to be more of a challenge for me. I find myself questioning the passages which I jotted down in the first draft.
Should I mention the hilarious vignette about the nature hike gone wrong? Will the readers be interested in the greater implications of what life is like in a town with a huge military presence?
Generally, by the time I reach this point in the rewriting process, I am breezing onto the next project. However, I am making a HUGE effort to break my usual pattern with this untitled Newport memoir. I will not allow this project to fade into the realm of my infamous Purgatory for unfinished writing projects.
Each day, I toil on rewriting aspect of this project for at least 2 hours. The work has been slow but, I can see a huge difference between the crappy first draft and the one I am working on right now.
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