Not anymore :C. She got a raise at work, but she is fielding some e-mail for me. Back to doing everything myself.

I would say occupying all possible points of the universe at once is more like the Infinite Improbability Drive, but something in me says that Star Trek and Hitchiker’s Guide are mutually incompatible….

LOL. No worries. I actually don’t have a problem if people reblog my content so long as they trackback to my original.

Please forgive an error in this commnet of mine: Tameri Etherton didn’t reblog this article, she had “liked” it and I had recognised her face icon at the bottom of the article (since I know her). When I went to refer to Kristen’s article I became confused about how I first saw it. Tameri hadn’t reproduced Kristen’s article and I apologise for the error.

Thank you for that advice, Danielle – I’m glad to hear editing as you go is not the thing to do! I’ll keep going the way I am ! 🙂

Congrats on your first draft, Jolyse! That’s a huge accomplishment. And it’s fantastic that you are already able to narrow down the areas that need work so you can truly focus your revision process.

As for a specific method, every writer is different. Depending on which areas you struggle with, there might be some great books on the craft of writing that could help, or particular exercise that might come in handy.

For example, if you need to flesh out character development, the first thing I always suggest is doing little writing exercises where you throw your character into crazy situations and see how he/she reacts. It’s a way of getting to know your character on a deeper level so that you are able to portray him/her more accurately throughout your actual story. I also like to write character bios, make a list of questions and answer them about my character, really get to the heart of his/her flaws and what kind of growth he/she needs to succeed in by story’s end.

Like I said, there are lots of different ways to address your revision based on what parts need work. =)