I'll be the contrarian again and say that if something is annoying you like a rock in your shoe as you move along, go ahead and fix it. If you're a third of the way through and you realize an action in the first 10 pages has been completely negated or you've thought up something to put in the first 10 pages that will make something later on even better, go ahead and put it in/take it out.
I don't think that is totally contrary. I've stepped back and fixed things that are just wrong. But I'm not going back and rewriting a paragraph or conversation until it sounds right to me.
I finished the detailed outline for chapter 2 last night, so I'm ready to conquer chapter 2. The detailed outlining starts getting harder after this. I have parallel plot threads going on at that point, though the story only follows one thread.
I split the difference on the revise as you go. I say keep writing, but it doesn't hurt to give each previous chapter a once over before you start on the next. Provided you don't get caught up in revising it to death.
Which... I know. Easier said than done.
Look! Look! Book cover! [link]
squee!
...am I looking at it funny or is the L in "Charm School" capitalized?
The little figure always looks like she's bent over to me.
...am I looking at it funny or is the L in "Charm School" capitalized?
I think you're looking at it funny.
Jilli, that's so cool and real!
