Editing is less frightening than rewriting, so edit more often . . .

By Michael Haskins

It seems that last week most everyone was concerned about rewriting. A necessary evil, I agree, but there are different ways to approach it. I haven't figured out how to avoid rewriting (other than being perfect and I leave that to those few who are) but I have, over the years, avoided what, I believe, Mike called a major rewrite.

I am a slow writer. On very good days, I do more than a thousand words, other days two hundred. I average in between those numbers. And then there ...