[HPforGrownups] First draft to second draft

[lrcjestes]

No: HPFGUIDX 5762


----- Original Message -----
From: "Peg Kerr" <pkerr06 at attglobal.net>

> I have never read whether she transcribes her first draft herself to
> manuscript, or even whether she prefers a typewriter or uses a computer
for
> her second draft.  I would be very very surprised, however, if she does
> allow someone else to transcribe that first draft to second draft.
> Transcribing drafts from one medium (handwritten) to another (typewritten)
> can be a very important part of the creative process for writers; it's an
> opportunity to take a fresh look at the material, and so many authors who
> transfer from handwritten draft to typewritten second draft use that
> opportunity to make changes as they transcribe.
>
> Peg

This is what happens in the majority of ASA that I write.  I write longhand
while I'm watching my kids.  I get my best writing done at the park or at
soccer practice.  Then I come home and type up the scene.  Most of the time
what goes into the computer is not verbatim what I wrote on the page.  The
basic scene structure is similar but the second version is better.   I've
had time to think about it and read through it a couple of times. I know
where the weaker spots are and generally fix things at that point (not that
it doesn't need fixing after that.)

carole