I instantly jump out of the timeline of the story and cycle back to the first word and start through the story again. Sometimes I add in stuff, sometimes I take out, sometimes I just reread, scanning forward, fixing any mistakes I see. (Remember, this will be the only draft I will do.) So when I get back to the white space, I have some speed up and I power onward, usually another 500 or so words until I stop. Then I cycle back again to the beginning and do the same thing, run through it all until I get back to the white space with momentum and power forward again for another 500 or 700 words.
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Okay, this is rewriting. It’s just part of the only draft. But I do like the idea of “cycling” back when you start to lose momentum and tweaking what has been written. This pulls on the “reader” skills and pulls the writer back into the story.
