: Re: How can I edit my own, very old work? I have about a hundred pages of a novel I wrote in high school, I like the concept behind the writing but I'm finding it extremely difficult to go

@Jamie945

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I've had the exact same problem.

What I ended up doing was a mixture of options 1 and 2.

For the most part, I'd rewrite the story paragraph by paragraph, writing the new one beside the old paragraph, then deleting the old one. Basically, what needed editing was edited, and what needed rewriting was rewritten.

The advantage of this method?

-It felt like I was merely editing (because it was done in small chunks, and I was simply making changes within the existing manuscript instead of facing a blank page) when in fact I was rewriting.

Also, I didn't have to actually rewrite any part where simple editing would suffice, thus sparing unnecessary work.

Good luck!

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