Sheep Dragon Developer Notes #3 – Word Length From Draft To Draft

Drafting is a process that varies markedly from author to author. Some authors only ever need two or three drafts to arrive at the final version of a story. Some may need more than a dozen. Often, it will depend on the story itself. Some stories are easier to write than others and will require less drafts to get right. Others are very tricky, which necessitates more revision and drafting. What I’d like to talk about today, however, is how the word count can change dramatically from the first dra...