The seven commandments of editing
I hate to admit, but it's almost been a year since I finished the draft of my second novel "Teaching Tom", a stand-alone sequel to " Teaching Tori ". It was about eleven months ago when I first converted the draft from my writing software into a word document. I don't usually do this until I am confident that this is the end of the first draft. So, that means that I've been editing for eleven months now, which is a bit mind boggling and depressing at the same time. Of course, I haven't just been editing. Here is what I've done: 1. I've re-read the draft over and over, starting with the intention to edit, but then being sucked into the story (which might be a good sign) and then giving up mid-way because it was too hard to fix up the storyline. 2. When plotlines became unclear, I stopped. 3. Every time I came to a part I didn't like, I highlighted it, leaving it for the next read-through to deal with it. 4. I skipped missing scene