https://escapewindow.com/tags/fourth-draft/ Recent content in fourth draft on Escape(Window) Hugo -- gohugo.io en Sat, 31 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://escapewindow.com/blog/2025-05-31-may-in-writing/ Sat, 31 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://escapewindow.com/blog/2025-05-31-may-in-writing/ Manuscript progress I had named my end-of-April milestone 4.0b1; I needed to do a read-through to catch any issues before completing the fourth draft. I finished that read-through in May, but the changes were extensive: a number of chapter and scene reorders, with a number of major scene rewrites. I retroactively renamed 4.0b1 to 4.0, and labeled my latest changes the fifth draft. I submitted the fifth draft to my beta reader and developmental editor [! https://escapewindow.com/blog/2025-04-30-april-in-writing/ Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://escapewindow.com/blog/2025-04-30-april-in-writing/ Fourth Draft progress I finished the fourth draft’s initial manuscript pass, where I updated the scenes with my notes and rewrites from my third draft read…I think having a hard deadline made me way more productive than anything else. I don’t yet consider the fourth draft finished, but I’ll finish by the end of May :) Developmental Edit I made a serious push to find a developmental editor in April, especially since they tend to be booked out a number of months. https://escapewindow.com/blog/2025-03-31-march-in-writing/ Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://escapewindow.com/blog/2025-03-31-march-in-writing/ Fourth Draft progress I’m over the worst of my jet lag from my trip to Japan. I still woke up at 2am this morning, but I’ve been up and productive, so I’ll take it. I’ve finished reading the book. And I started the fourth draft. I’m going to try to finish this draft pass by the end of April, though that may be optimistic. More details below. Reading my book I focused too much on line- and paragraph-level issues, editing as I go, when all of the advice said to read the book at a high level.