Sometimes I prefer editing over creating new content. There's something methodical about the process--touching the plot outline and feeling into the meaning of each word--that it feels like I'm a master crafter, pushing the prose into higher levels, trying to attain "the beautiful."
Usually, it's just a lot better.
Recent editing process:
1. Look into the word
Slightly different definitions, secondary meanings, feelings it conjurs, sounds it makes.
2. Sentence structure
Phrasing spices prose. Pacing.
3. Dialogue flow
Still sucky at this.
4. Plot
Learned about this a lot lately. Considerations for reader understanding, excitement to move plot forward, narratives, adherence to characterizations.
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