From: nicky.matthews@btinternet.com   
      
   I have revised obviously, but I am really dreadful at it. I will do it quite   
   quickly under contract but with speculative work I struggle to do it all.   
   My approach:   
   I do a diagram of my old chapters then plan a new arrangement, marking in   
   changes of voice etc. Then I open the old file have a second file called   
   offcuts and dump everything I don't think works in the offcuts file.   
   Problems:   
   1. I think the chief one is it takes longer than writing the novel in the   
   first place and is less fun.   
   ( my lit writer friends would die of apoplexy at this point because all proper   
   writing is rewriting)   
   2. I tend to kill whatever it was that I liked about in the first place. I   
   lose faith in the project entirely and convince myself a new idea is better.   
   These are all the same point really - essentially I lose interest hence the   
   number of finished but need revising mss knocking around the house.   
      
   Any helpful hints beyond 'Get over yourself, Nicky ?'   
      
   Nicky   
      
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