I just thought of a great idea. I get a tremendous amount of positive and constructive feedback from my writer’s group here in Dallas (Stone Soup). Much of it is in the form of handwritten notes on copies of my chapters. Instead of re-writing chapter five, I’ll go through and use the Microsoft review application to add the notes to my chapter. Then I’ll move on to writing chapter six.
Later, when I’m ready to re-write chapter five, all of the old notes will be right there to remind me as I tackle the chapter again. I may do this for the future from now on. The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of forward momentum. I’m starting to think that the Stephen King method is ideal: Be writing one novel while you’re re-writing and editing another.
