Book Two is finished … well, the first draft is done
This is only the beginning, though.
- I’ve got the first edit to do – go through reading for continuity and flow.
- Rewrite as needed from that edit
- Then I’ll do a dialogue edit to make sure all the dialogue sounds good and matches the characters
- More rewriting as needed
- Then there’s the (possibly first) professional edit to see what I need to fix
- Then there may be yet another rewrite … maybe even several
Then, and only then, will I send it to my agent to see what she thinks. It’s not a short process.
How many edits do you go through before you publish?