The Art of Revising - Macro Revision

As I mentioned yesterday, the single most important thing you can do o help the revision process is give yourself the gift of distance. A month is ideal. Two, even better. In a pinch, a week can suffice.

Once you have a completed draft, it's time to look at what you actually managed to get out of your head onto the paper. Or if the idea holds up under daylight. Or if there's really as much there there as you'd hoped. Distance helps you obtain a higher level of objectivity with which to do that.

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