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Why Rewriting a Novel Is a Bad Idea

September 29, 2018

Inspiration for this post came after I read about someone almost bragging about having just finished the 26th rewrite of their novel. Editing your book is an essential key to success. Tweaking things here and there or changing your mind and rewriting, say, the ending, can be useful. But there is no benefit in rewriting a novel. I am rarely so absolute in my declarations when it comes to literature, but I’m doing it now.

Rewriting a novel is about as useful as trying to please your audience, and twice as pointless. If a novel needs rewriting as opposed to editing then you are much better off scrapping the whole thing and writing a new story. Let’s see why.

rewriting a novel
Frustration will be the guaranteed result of multiple rewrites. Unless of course, if self-delusion kicks in as a defense mechanism
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