Twelve Contemporary Writers on How They Revise (published on LitHub) offers quotes and links to other articles where twelve fiction writers discuss their own process of revision. This note is from George Saunders who wrote āSticks,ā the flash fiction we read in class.
āI try to base my revision on a re-reading of what Iāve done so far, imitating, so far as itās possible, a first-time reader. That is, I try not to bring too many ideas about what the story is doing etc, etc. Just SEE what itās doing. In other words, read along with a red pen, reacting in real-time as I go along, deleting, adding, etc. When the energy drops, then I know thatās where I have to really start digging in. . .”
There is even a link to JK RowlingāsĀ process (though it’s interesting, I find this less helpful).
