#WritersCoffeeClub 7: How many stages of editing do you go through? What are they?

I do what software types call 'successive refinement.' I'll write the beginning, end, and some key scenes between. Then I'll usually take it chronologically. I reread and polish as I go. Sometimes a big edit when I have a good idea or realize I've been stupid.

Eventually I settle down to just polishing. And then I reach a point of diminishing returns.

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