Process
Revision pass
You might say: rewrite, cutting
A full pass through the draft to find structural faults and rewrite it with fresh eyes.
- What it does
- Cuts what does not serve the story and strengthens what does.
- Ask
- What can I cut without losing anything?
- Trouble
- The draft gets longer with every pass.
Parts
- Revised draft: The draft after a revision pass: leaner, and closer to the story you meant to tell.
Connections
- Lowers: Word count
Sources
- Stephen King, The Art of Fiction No. 189, revision formula passage
With Lisey I had the copy beside the computer and I created blank documents and retyped the whole thing.
Use it on your project
teardown-apply: hold "Revision pass" (revision-pass) from the teardown at https://teardownatlas.com/fiction-writing/ against my project
Paste it into a coding agent that has the teardown skills.
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