Process3-drafting

For me, first revision isn't really a revision. I call it drafting because for the first two or three drafts I'm still working on finding my way. I know that, in a way, until you get to the time of polishing the novel—the end stage—it's all really finding your way, but in the first drafts I'm spending most of my time finding my way and I know I'm lost a lot.

In draft 1 I'm chopping my way through the wilderness. I don't really know where I'll end up. I'm not sure I'll end up anywhere. Draft 2...