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Originally Posted by BookCat
There are so many books concerning the craft of writing, from grammar to the story arc and much more, that there's is really no excuse for the inability to rewrite ones own work. Get that first draft out, then put all those crafting skills to good use.
I'm of the opinion that freewriting a first draft is fine but the responsibility of the author doesn't end there; it's only the beginning.
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BookCat:
I'm with you 100%. EVERY writer should, at a minimum, have Strunk & White, CMOS (just in case!) and, absolutely, WITHOUT FAIL, my go-to,
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003JBI2YI/, which is
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers. It's the Self-editing BIBLE. As I've mentioned in other forums here, I know a lot--a LOT--of big-time authors, and they all have this, every one of them. They may have scads of other tools, and widely varied, but this book? This book is a must-have.
Hitch