Esther
Esther asked Jennifer A. Nielsen:

Hello, me again. As I go through the first stage of editing a short story, I find I'm basically reconstructing large parts of the story and adding more. Is this normal?

Jennifer A. Nielsen Hi Esther! Yes, this is totally normal, though some authors minimize this major reconstruction through tighter outlines. But I've absolutely done books where the first rewrite is a unrecognizable from the original draft.

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