For me, there’s a clear difference between when I work on drafting and editing. During drafting phase, especially for poetry, I don’t need strong ideas; I need strong emotions. My first drafts are often word vomit that I could coherently understand what I intend of showing. The editing phase is meant to make it stronger (or completely rewrite it), turning into an enjoyable piece.
It’s extremely rare for me to draft and edit a piece on the same day. I tend to undergo phases of either. Last year, I wrote so many drafts (I have over 200 loose drafts roaming on my hard drive, some are utterly scrap). Their purpose of writing was to get it out of my system, and even if they’re never published, they were necessary to write.
This month, I revisited plenty of those drafts, and well, some of them were nightmares (well underwritten). Others contained strong emotions that I was able to feel when reading months later, so I’ve been trying to polish them. There’s an oddity to it because my style and skills have changed, so merging older ideas with my current frame of mind.is not easy.
Having said that, it’s a pleasure reconnecting with some of my older work. As a writer, I am interested in hearing how others writers approach their works.
I believe all drafts are important. Even scrap. Whether it’s getting it out of your system, experimenting, or developing something you would like to work with, it is all useful. You can’t hit a home run every time at bat, but you’ll have far fewer home runs the less you step up to the plate.
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Definitely! Some of the good stuff came from scrap, and sometimes scrap is just to scrap it out of your system; so we should never hold high standards for our first drafts. The editing and polishing for publication is a secondary job
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I can’t just draft. I always rework things as I go along. If I’m lucky, I’ll get three paragraphs written, but as soon as I stop to think, I start scrolling up with my eyes and changing things. Even when I look back at finished pieces, I start changing things right away. It’s pretty much constant rewriting for me.
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As long as it doesn't stop you! With stories, when I used that approach, I got stuck rewriting the first parts; I had to learn to let go and just draft the whole thing and rewrite/edit later, before I forget where I'm going.
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I often feel like I get stuck/linger on beginnings. Eventually, though, I let go and move on. Then I get stuck on the next part. I guess it doesn’t stop me. But it certainly makes progress slow.
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We all have different internal editors and we find what's best for us. If you didn't edit during draft, you'd have to rewrite/edit a lot more later anyway probably.
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That’s probably true.
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