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Old 08-22-2011, 04:38 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by VydorScope View Post
Those of you that do this, do you go back, edit , and release?
My released novel, Elegy, was my 2008 NaNo project. It required some significant time away from it, major editing, and a complete rewrite of the ending after it hit my critique group. I hadn't really considered the idea of releasing it until this year - if I had, I probably could have gotten it done faster.

Most times, NaNo projects will need more than simple line editing/proofing. Because they're produced under such incredible time strain, they often come out looking quite contrived and icky in places, despite their occasional shining brilliance. I think a better description might be "do NaNo, go back and completely rewrite what you just wrote, edit, then release if you actually ended up with a good story out of it".
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