If You Please

[mmerriam]

My question, O Wise and Glorious Flist, is this: how do you approach a major rewrite?

I've done big rewrites on shorter pieces, but never on a full novel. I seek your input and suggestions. Tell me how you attack this kind of project.

Share you wisdom and experience.

Comments

[ktsparrow.livejournal.com]

1. Read it all at once, (if possible) on paper
2. Make grandiose comments only. Nothing little.
3. Make little notes on all the chaps about what happens. Lay them out helter skelter and look at them. Shuffle around, delete, etc.

(This is what I've done when the issues are plotty, so I'm not sure if it would work for other big rewrite issues.)

Good luck!