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The Second Step of Revision

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Carrie Jones
May 23, 2022
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The Read-Through

Theater people know all about read-throughs. It’s when the whole cast sits down and reads the script. They get a cool feel of it and the characters and the plot.

Well, a read-through is actually also an important second step in revising your novel.

What’s the first step again? It’s putting it aside for a while and ghosting it like a bad friend does at a party.

Spoiler: I am that bad friend.

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