First Draft Revision: Developmental Edits vs. Line Polishing Passes

Why line editing grammar on a broken plot is a waste of time, and how to fix story macro-structure first.

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The Reverse Outline Method

Summarize each drafted chapter in three sentences to identify plot holes, timeline errors, and dropped subplots.

Cutting beautifully written scenes that fail to advance character transformation or plot momentum.

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