It's a VERY rough draft, but it's completed, start to finish. I tend to "write badly" on purpose on a rough draft because I've found (after learning the hard way on my first novel) that it's better to complete an entire draft at once, even if it means sort of skimming over certain parts I want to flesh out/change later.
On my first novel, I wrote the first few chapters, concentrating on making them perfect, then I went back and rewrote them over and over and over, getting them good but not even knowing where the story was going in the later parts of the book. This resulted in many unnecessary rewrites as I was constantly having to go back to the beginning and change everything that was altered by the later parts. It added years to the time I spent writing the book (I began that one in 2007 and I'm still working on it querying it).
I'm hoping with my new method, I can have a better grasp on the overall story from the get-go and not have to make so many changes along the way (but who am I kidding, I probably still will, lol).
Anyways, just wanted to share. Two novels! Woo hoo!
On my first novel, I wrote the first few chapters, concentrating on making them perfect, then I went back and rewrote them over and over and over, getting them good but not even knowing where the story was going in the later parts of the book. This resulted in many unnecessary rewrites as I was constantly having to go back to the beginning and change everything that was altered by the later parts. It added years to the time I spent writing the book (I began that one in 2007 and I'm still working on it querying it).
I'm hoping with my new method, I can have a better grasp on the overall story from the get-go and not have to make so many changes along the way (but who am I kidding, I probably still will, lol).
Anyways, just wanted to share. Two novels! Woo hoo!
And I'm in the exact same boat as you. I will figure out what needs to be where in the second draft. I've just got to get it all out first.
