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Ksenia Anske

May 23, 2017

The 5-layer manuscript revising process

by Ksenia Anske


Illustration by Michael Nÿkamp

Illustration by Michael Nÿkamp

Illustration by Michael Nÿkamp

Illustration by Michael Nÿkamp

This is nothing new, actually, just an approach I'll try with the final draft of TUBE to make it as good as I possibly can before sending it off to Sarah for editing. Lots of writers do it. So I'm jumping on the wagon to join them. The idea is simple: instead of going through the manuscript draft by draft like I did before, revising everything as I go, this time, after Draft 5 is done, I will read it 5 more times, from beginning to end, each time focusing on one thing only.

NOTE: This approach works well if you're doing it to the draft that's close to final, or the one you think is close to final. If you're a plotter, your second draft might close to final. If you're a pantser like I used to be, you'll need to write out a number of drafts to smooth out the story and the plot before trying this.

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TAGS: Coming up with new ideas, all the time, this one just kind of dropped on my head, make sense, doesn't it?, especially reading while focusing on one character's POV, let me know how it works for you