When should you edit?

this well be my third year at NaNo, but I've been writing stories and novels since 1978. My advice: NEVER edit your first draft while you are writing, and don't edit even after you finish. In November just write... don't think... only write. Turn a blind eye to everything, mispellings, typos, grammar, EVERYTHING. None of it matters. All that matters is that you get your story out of your head and on paper. When you are finished, don't even go back and read it. Put it in a drawer or a box somewhere where you well not see it. I know most NaNoers say the edit in December, but as Stephen King always advices, editing during or after writing that is the worst thing you can do. I agree with him 100% on this. Wait at least 3 months before reading what you wrote... 6 months to a year is better. It well be ike you are reading it for the first time. You well find many things you forgot you had said, many things you thought you said but didn't write down. Than when you read it, you well see the mistake immediatly and you well edit them with smooth and swift ease. You'll be able to add things and remove things and correct things so much better. This applies to ALL writing that you plan to publish, and aplies just as equally to NaNoNovels.


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Copper Cockeral
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