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Originally Posted by J. Dean
The real question is this: have you ever ADDED a ton when editing?
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Oh good grief, yes. When I was younger and trying to write a book I'd probably slap in an extra twenty percent in the second draft, taking the 'kitchen sink' approach to writing that didn't serve me well at all.
You get so caught up in your own...er...'genius' when you first start writing that the temptation to add another punchy adverb or stick in a bit of extra description about the heroine's breats size is almost too much to bear.