Hump Day – rewriting, again
Sporadic writer’s block is killing me. Instead of writing something new, lately, I find myself going back through old warm-up exercises and drafts and rewriting parts of them. I must be really stonewalled if I am – gack – rewriting.
Hey – I’m writing. Right?
One way I take on the dreaded rewriting is by printing out the draft, cutting the paper up, rearranging everything. I explained this before. That works well if I have some time and want to look at something other than a computer screen. A faster and less dangerous way (paper cut anyone?) is to use Microsoft Word functions called “track changes” and “highlight text.” I know – not earth shattering, or even the only ways to mark up a virtual doc – but it works for me.
What I end up with looks awful, but I can save it with a variation of the original file name and keep track of the piece as it goes from draft to semi-polished to ‘perfect.’ Perfect? Well…no. As I can always find ways to improve my drafts.
What strategies do you use to rewrite?
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