: Re: Do I write the entire series and edit, or edit the books as I go? Background Woohoo! The time has come, my first book of a trilogy is one chapter away from finishing. I've done a little

@Carla500

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Personally I would do the the following:

Write them all. Get all your first drafts done.
Review them all. Get to a decent second or third draft on all three.
Send your first book to an editor. When the editor gives that back,
review the edits while the editor works on the second. Do the same
with books 2 and 3.
When all three have been reviewed, you can make a round or three of
changes. If necessary, return them to the editor; lather, rinse,
repeat as needed.
Then do your polishing draft on all three.

I wouldn't polish the first one and then do the second/third, because all three books should be interconnected. Ideally you will introduce items in book 1 which are echoed in 2 and pay off in 3. You may come up with an idea as you are doing draft 4 of book 2 and realize you need to lay pipe in book 1, and if book 1 is polished that's going to be difficult and annoying.

You wouldn't polish the first half of your book while the back half is in really rough shape, right? Treat your trilogy the same way.

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