From another Steve I have linkage to Jeff VanderMeer showing some of the process of revision he goes through, sending pages of his manuscript to red pencil nirvana. It’s interesting to me, because I’m somewhat a polar opposite when it comes to revision. If I didn’t ask for critiques from third parties, I might not ever have an actual hard copy of the MS until the publisher sends me the copy edits. In order to show you anything truly equivalent, I need to show you this:
That’s my process. When I do my revisions, I basically clone a new copy of the MS (which is usually separated into a different Word Document for each chapter) and do my edits on the computer on the new copy. Above is fairly typical. I end up with four to five folders with different drafts. And a “final” which is what goes off to the editor.
