Changes in the second edition of your novel

Second Edition Second Edition: You Can Go Back!

Do overs are a great thing, right? I mean, you write a book, you print that book, you re-read that book, and, BANG!, page 4: T-Y-P-O.

Repeat after me: ARGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Then: “If only I’d read it one more time. If only I hadn’t been in such a rush. If only…”

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As my contract renewal date for the first novel approached, I wondered how much I could change. Paragraphs? Scenes? That crazy bit of exposition mid-way through the second...