Seven Steps to a Thorough Draft Edit

A post on Writer’s Digest assembles 7 previous articles on how to prepare for editing your novel. The topics include:

1. 1. Creating a post-first-draft outline
   2. Shaping an editorial roadmap
   3. Fleshing out your character differentiation
   4. Deleting your cheat words
   5. Tackling a reverse edit
   6. Challenging yourself to a timed edit
   7. Revising in Waves