So, writing the first draft may have seemed hard work. But when you’ve done it, you’ll find out that the real work is just about to begin: you have to revise that masterpiece of yours. Here’s what Ernest Hemingway said about the first draft: “All that matters is that you finish it.”
Holly Lisle’s method of novel revision is something I really should try (she has another version online, too, plus lots of other free articles on many aspects of writing). This sounds like the kind of method that could actually work for me. So far, I’ve never revised any of my novel drafts to the point where I’m happy with the thing.
Does I work? Well, it works for Holly Lisle. And Jay Penney used Holly’s method and blogged his revision progress here.
