When do you edit your work? Throughout the writing process or at the end?

Answer 1

Both. Sometimes I go back and re-read what I wrote the day before (or the week before), to figure out where I was, and I'll do minor editing as I go along.

Then once I've finished, I'll leave the work alone for a while (if it's a novel, then for a long while--several weeks), then go back through and do a major edit. On this edit, I always edit on a hard copy. I see more errors and problems when I'm editing on paper. Then when I go back to incorporate my changes, sometimes I see something else that needs changed. I will also read what I've written out loud (preferably when there's no one else around), because hearing the words gives me a different perspective on how well (or badly) they go together.

Like others have said, though, it's important to find what works best for you. Some people will edit a sentence before they've even finished writing it. Some people just forge ahead and never look at a word until the whole thing is done.

Answer 2

See I write and edit at the same time. That's if I'm writing on the computer. I find that I can move sentences and things around so easily and I always have to have puncuation right, or else I go mad. It's really hard for me then to write a whole story or poem or essay. Then I found that when writing on my own (like stories) it's faster to write in a notebook. That way I'm not editing so much while I write. I'll write a lot and then I'll come back a few days later and edit what I have. Then up till that point everything is correct and I can continue writing.

:D Good luck.

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Answer 3

I personally work in blocks of text. I write until a finish a block (either a chapter or a specific scene, depending on the length of the story). Then, I put it aside for a week or two. Then I'll come back to it and reread it to see if it still makes sense. This let's me look at what I have written with fresh eyes. If you try to edit while you are writing, you either get so enomoured with what you wrote you can't see what is wrong with it, or get so frustrated by your mistakes you become incapable of looking at the work objectively. But by putting some distance between creation and editing, I've found it lets me read clearly and see what needs to be fixed and what should be left alone.

Answer 4

I like to do both. Everytime I open the file, the computer is a god-send, I re-read my work and wind up making changes. When I finish something, I do the same thing. It seems as though I never get it to the point where I can say I'm finished.

The hardest part for me is cutting out stuff I thought I was in love with. It's difficult to look at your work through somebody else's eyes and ask, is this information necessary, but that's what you have to do. Of course, editing is more than spell check and grammar.

Answer 5

Both. As I write, I play around with the sentences and rework them. Then, after the entire work is finished, I leave it for 3 days to a week, then come back and reread and re-edit the whole thing. And then I'll usually edit it one more time before I consider it done.

Answer 6

Both. As I'm writing, I have to make sure things are moving where I want them too. Once I'm done with a scene, I'll make sure its going in the right direction and is adequate before writing the next scene. Then, at the end, I'll fill in all the chunks and pieces that need to be filled in and proofread and edit the rest. Then I'll go through it againt to make sure everything's exactly the way I want it.

Answer 7

No I basically at the beginning write a what pops in my head. it may additionally come at night. i could revise yet first i could end it.on the time of revising i communicate approximately all style of blunders. i do no longer locate the blunders maximum. yet I ought to think of two times or extra to make it my very final tale after modifying. that's b'coz human beings in many circumstances ingredient mistake that are no longer there and you could actually additionally locate the plot predictable sometimes. i'm getting the muse the two from seeing some style of technique occurring in nature like rustling of leaves or that's my innovations who supplies out a demonstration which turns into the beginning place for writing. it continuously relies upon on the style of objective audience. some will additionally like the lead mutually as the some may additionally like the only that is having basically somewhat place contained in the tale. each and every author thinks that folk could get prepared on his/her tale in spite of the shown fact that it is not continuously specific or i say that that's continuously probably that the tale could truly make the human beings get prepared on it.

Answer 8

The best thing of course is to figure out YOUR way, the way that works best for you. I write my poems longhand in journals and when I type them into my computer, I often find myself doing edits -- removing words, adding words, removing stanzas and even adding more to the poem in general.

But my best advice for editing: leave the work for a minimum of a month and return to it ... you will be amazed about how much more objective you are in revising.

Answer 9

Both. I try to keep spelling and punctuation and grammar error in check as I am writing - but if I have a thought that I want to get down, I'll usually try to get it all down and then sort it out.

And then, at the end a review of sense and tone and clarity, cleaning up and correcting as I go.

Answer 10

usually at the end of each draft so you know exactly what you want in the next draft. dont be afraid to edit the first draft as you are writing the second. sometimes inspiration comes at that point too.