Working the Novel...Working it.

[HopeHoops]

4. Standard rule: Edit by subtraction.

If a word or phrase isn't necessary, slash it. WRITE without inhibition. Edit later. Three drafts is not a lot. I generally hit at least 50 before I even consider releasing something. No matter how refined you think it is, you'll always find something on a subsequent read - punctuation, logical impossibility, time conundrum, or just that you used the same word twice in the same sentence. I usually edit on screen, but I always do a print copy every once in a while. I print it on regular paper and 3-hole punch it and use bookrings to hold it together. I make notes and edits on the blank side of the previous page and the recycle the pages without notes by turning them over. It works great.

Oh, and if you want a reviewer, PM me.