I’m sure you’ve been told this a million times (I know I have.), but every author has their own writing process. What works for one, will NOT necessarily work for another. It’s truly something you have to play with to figure out. (It sounds like you’re doing that, which is wonderful.) Don’t let anyone dictate what your process should be.

I did that for too many years and it really messed with my writing. I still write fairly fast, but not so fast as to jeopardize the writing.

I’ve been tweaking the process lately, and I definitely need to find that happy medium between writing with flow and agonizing over every word during the first draft.

I’ll definitely let you know how the paperback expedition goes. Honestly, I’m not expecting much from it, but I’d rather have it and not need it, than need it and not have it. Know what I mean?

You’re humming along pretty well. I hope you’ll blog on your success putting out the paperback.

I prefer editing as I go along because it adds depth to the story and characters right from the beginning.

When I first started writing, that’s actually how I wrote. I was a pantser, who edited as I made up the story. That changed when I got heavily into plotting. I sacrificed the editing for writing speed. I’d write the whole novel, then go back and edit the book. It was a much faster way for me personally to write, but the layering of details and characterization suffered greatly for it.

I have noticed that it takes me a little longer to finish writing the overall book, but when it’s done, the book is much closer to being ‘release ready’. So the time I lose while writing/editing is made up for on the backend. If you know what I mean?

I’m curious about the following things if you have the time and inclination to answer … Why do you prefer editing as you go along? What was your previous process? Did you write the entire book before doing any editing, or just chapter by chapter? Have you noticed a difference in speed?