| Re: How do you redraft?
Two main points for me, the first one being time.... leaving it alone for at least a month so you can come back with something approaching a fresh perspective.
The second important one, I think, is to reflect on why you wrote the thing in the first place - what are you trying to say, what are the themes and why should anyone else want or need to read it... Revisit old notes and synopses and make some new ones. Then go over the text, cutting dead-wood and reinforcing narrative and characterisation with this 'grand scheme' in mind. |