Writing Processes – Part 9: Fix It In the Rewrite

It bugs me sometimes the way writers are portrayed on TV and in films. The writer is seen bashing away on their typewriter (or Macintosh, in more recent films), and then they type 'the end' and send the package off to their agent or editor. So the first draft comes out publishable, does it? That's why this bugs me. You never see any of the endless rewriting process that happens with real-life writers.

I don't let anyone read my first draft. It comes out in a barely coherent form. With...