The second draft is on yellow paper, that's when I work on characterizations. The third is pink, I work on story motivations. Then blue, that's where I cut, cut, cut.
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When I'm writing the first draft, I'm writing in a very slovenly way: anything to get the outline of the story on paper.
Once I've got the first draft down on paper then I do five or six more drafts, the last two of which will be polishing drafts. The ones in between will flesh out the characters and maybe I'll check my research.
Some stories or passages are more difficult and demand more fussing with than others, but, in general, I'm a two-draft writer rather than a six-draft writer, or whatever.
I sometimes think that what I do as a writer is make a kind of colouring book, where all the lines are there, and then you put in the colour.
When I began to write and used a typewriter, I went through three drafts of a book before showing it to an editor.
Usually I decide on what it is I'm writing next by the books I'm reading.
I guess, taking away all the theatrics or the costuming and the outer layers of what I do, I'm a writer... I write.
The more work you put in on your outline and getting the skeleton of your story right, the easier the process is later.
Readers often bring a different set of criteria to the work based on the format.
When I finish a first draft, I often look back at first chapters I wrote and laugh at them. They're like pictures of yourself in middle school. You're embarrassed to see them.
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