I have to agree with revolutemind, let the story rest a while so you can look at with fresh eyes. And if you can, find a betareader or two for their feedback to add into your considerations.
Read through it (a couple of times) and take more notes for you to use. The fresh eyes can really help with that, though if you're a seats-of-your-pants writer, that may not work so well. Don't try to fix everything at once. Chances are you'll end up doing that anyway because you're rewriting the whole darned thing, but sometimes it can help to fix things in stages. "Start with the massive problems. Take a break. Read over it again. Fix the now-biggest problems. Take a break. Read over it again. Etc." until you're happy with it, that kind of stages.
But mostly... Just try approaches until you find what works for you. The only thing that comes close to being a must is taking a break from it for a while to give your brain a chance to rest and come back to it revived and ready to see what is instead of what you think may be.
Congratulations on finishing the rough draft and good luck with the rewriting! ^-^
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Date: 2010-07-16 06:18 am (UTC)Read through it (a couple of times) and take more notes for you to use. The fresh eyes can really help with that, though if you're a seats-of-your-pants writer, that may not work so well. Don't try to fix everything at once. Chances are you'll end up doing that anyway because you're rewriting the whole darned thing, but sometimes it can help to fix things in stages.
"Start with the massive problems. Take a break. Read over it again. Fix the now-biggest problems. Take a break. Read over it again. Etc." until you're happy with it, that kind of stages.
But mostly... Just try approaches until you find what works for you. The only thing that comes close to being a must is taking a break from it for a while to give your brain a chance to rest and come back to it revived and ready to see what is instead of what you think may be.
Congratulations on finishing the rough draft and good luck with the rewriting! ^-^