Thursday Two Questions/Final Read Through

Welcome to Thursday Two Questons. 

In Monday's blog, Final, Final Read Through, Again, I talked about how I'll never be done revising my novels and that at some point, I'm going to have to say, "Yes! This is it."  And then, knowing me, I won't be able to read my book once in print, because I'll want to make changes.

My Thursday Two Questions to you are:

1. How many times do you revise your work (be it a poem, an essay, a blog, or a novel) before you say "This is it!" ?
2. And after you publish your work (including posts on your blog), do you want to go back and revise it?

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Final, Final Read Through. Again.

 

I've just finished the final, final read through of my novel, Between Now and Forever.
 
Again. 

But at least this read through only took seven hours, a record, since the last one took ten, spread out over two visits to Starbucks instead of one.

And now I'm done.  Really.

When I tell my critique partners this, they smile.

They know me, and therefore know I'll never be done revising, at least not until I get a book contract. 

And you know what?

Even then there will be revisions.  With an agent and with an editor.  Two, three, ten?

Is the revision process ever over?

At some point, I'm sure I'll have to say, "Yes!  This is it."

And then, knowing me, I'll never be able to read my book once in print.  Because I'll want to make changes. 

Guess the only cure will be to start a new project and take it from there.

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