More writing questions for Ray :) Well, actually I'm not sure if this is a question or statement...or statement hidden within a question...mystery wrapped in an enigma or some such. But I digress already.
While writing my first draft was a relatively fast-paced activity, I'm finding the revision process to be exactly the opposite. I began by reading through the entire book, cover to cover, and making shorthand notes on what I wanted to change/tweak. Now I'm beginning the revision in earnest and finding that this is a far more detail-oriented operation than the original writing process was. When I was writing the first draft I had a very simple goal...get it written! Now, after going back over it, it feels like I did a good job of throwing some modeling clay down on paper, but there's still a lot of sculpting to do. Is this the case in your experience as well? Or have you found that as you grew in experience you were more likely to get closer to hitting the mark the first time around? I thought I would have mixed feelings about going back and rewriting, but I'm finding that it's sort of like getting to take a test a second time before turning it in to the teacher :) Nat -- Sent from my Crappy Laptop (tm) using a poor excuse for a web browser.
