Rewriting...

Every writer knows it. After you write your first rough draft, you know you hit the second act of the writing process. Rewrites. I finished the first draft of my book and just started the editing process. So far, I got the 2nd Draft of the first twelve pages. I now just have to go through 410 pages, editing them before I start on the third draft, and then seeing what I can do from there.

That rough draft does see a lot of slicing and dicing, and most of the time, it's hardly ever what you first wrote. That's for the case of a bad writer. To see so much gone in the first draft is a dead give-away that you suck at it. That's how I see it. I just hope I don't see that with Intolerance, then no one would want to buy my book once I publish it.

To me, rewriting is a far more difficult process than basically writing. When I write, I don't bother with most things, yet I make sure I keep characters in line, the plot and story on the straight path, and my prose correct. And then you need to go back, line by line, making sure that everything is perfect. Having to dictate every line, every letter! is far more difficult than thinking of it and then writing it down. And again, I don't nitpick every darned line when I first write a rough draft. That's not me. I try to blow through it before I turn back.

This process should take me a while. Good thing Summer is coming, I can spend a lot of time outside polishing my project. I'm still not exactly sure when I can publish Intolerance. I have so much on that plate there. My first issue is trying to reorganize my brain so I can get down to it. I have been trying to regain my lost willpower. I'm actually surprised I write an entire novel...

Anyway, this is how it is. Thinking of it in a three-act structure, I just hit the second act and the twists and turns have commenced. And I thought the first act was bad enough. HA! Don't be so silly, brain. Don't be silly...

R.J. is out.