The book is done, but I've got more.

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I've "finished" my book, aside from my punctuation skills having passed since elementary school. I keep coming up with new bits and pieces to throw in there. My question would be, "Do I write this shit and put it in, or just let my brain itch?"
 

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What I do--and everybody's method varies--is write down these swell ideas in a separate document. Before I tackle the second draft, which is always a few months later, I rewrite or revise my master plan, incorporating some of those ideas. Their presence means some things change so much I have to write new material and delete whole scenes, and other aspects can be lifted intact from the first draft.

Note that I do not change my first draft but create a new document for the second draft, copying and pasting what I can. That way if I decide no, the first way was better after all, I still have it fully intact.

Maryn, hoping this helps a little