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Maiafay:
I'm currently revising in the middle of a story...and simply because my skill has improved drastically than when I first began it. When you have that problem (and yes, it is a problem...trust me), I think there is no right or wrong way to complete the task. While realistically I should wait until I'm all finished, I simply cannot reread my first few chapters without cringing.

So, if it's that bad...I say Revise At Will. 

Nemo:
I find that I rewrite as I go.  Being my own worst critic, if something strikes me as being off, I fix it on the fly then when I reach a point that I can stop with the writing for a moment I see if it holds up.  If not, then I get a second opinion and keep writing in the mean time.

I once had a teacher tell us to write in reverse, start with where you want to end up then figure out how to get there.  She didn't keep her job long, but it was interesting advice.

eviladam:
I was mostlly finished with my first novel when I looked back over it and realised all I had was an really good premise and a bunch of action sequences. Crank had a better plot than my book I swear.

So I scrapped the biggest part of it and I'm now doing a massive rewrite, trying to work in a plot around all the violence.

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