Two Ways to Edit/Revise

I'm still revising KILLER EYES, of course, and I expect to be focusing on that over the summer vacation. But when I get KILLER OF KILLERS sent to me from my editor at Melange, it will be all about that.

One way I revise is to read it from beginning to end and make the changes I see fit from that perspective. And it will be like that with KOK when I review the edits. But another way is to read it from chapter to chapter, and not necessarily in chronological order.

There are advantages and disadvantages in both ways. If you bounce around, you might lose the context in which a passage was written in the first place. But it also gives you a new perspective on the scene and in the writing.

My advice is to do it both ways. That way, you don't miss the advantages. You get the best results. It's how I did KOK, and it turned out great.