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   Michelle Bottorff to seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com   
   Re: How do you revise?   
   13 Sep 14 20:29:52   
   
   From: mbottorff@lshelby.com   
      
   Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)  wrote:   
      
   >       Probably not, I'm afraid. I revise if it's been long enough that the   
   > world I'm writing in changed in my head (generally 5+ years) or if an   
   > editor tells me "this needs to be changed" and I (A) agree, and (B) can   
   > see a good way to do the change that doesn't damage the book otherwise.   
   >   
   >       In the latter case, of course, "how" isn't really an issue; I know what   
   > has to be changed, I know how the change fits into the book, I write it.   
      
   This resembles me.   I never revise unless I know what I'm fixing and   
   why and how.   
      
   (This doesn't include copy edit type fixes of course.  )   
      
      
      
      
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