Post #3399534
2026-02-27 15:40 UTC
The pros are, I sincerely hope, that it gets me a reasonably polished first draft, not an awful mess.
The cons are that I write slowly. And that annoys the hell out of me.
Anyway, I said that I edit "a little" as I write, because I simply can't stop myself. But OTOH, I'm also being as firm as I can about not doing a full editing pass until I'm done with the first draft. I'm sincerely *trying* to "write first, edit later", I'm just fairly bad at it. 2/3
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@kagan@wandering.shop 2026-02-27 15:41
Also, there are times when I need to re-read a prior scene before writing a new one that it sets up, and I want to maintain continuity. When I re-read, I inevitably notice things that could use improvement. I've settled on allowing myself to fix typos, but nothing bigger; otherwise, I know it'd open the door to "real" editing, and then I'd wind up honing and re-honing the first quarter or third of my draft and never getting further. 3/3 #WritersCoffeeClub