Pegasis asked Megan I. Tennant:

how many drafts of a novel do you go through before you're happy with the story?

Megan I. Tennant Thanks for the question! I don't have a great answer sadly because I think it depends. For Aletheia I went through around three on my own, then my alpha reader came into the picture and I did another two, and then I did another two with betas, then of course there was the editor (and I did two rounds with them). But I would have kept doing drafts until I was happy, so I can't say that number will always be the same. I will always do at least two with betas, one with my alpha, one with myself, and one with an editor though. So at minimum five.

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