https://wadefrancis.com/tags/revision/ Recent content in revision on Wade Francis | Science Fiction Author Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +1100 https://wadefrancis.com/blog/when-things-work-before-elegant/ Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +1100 https://wadefrancis.com/blog/when-things-work-before-elegant/ Draft 2.0 isn’t about elegance. It’s about getting the structure to hold so you can see what actually needs fixing. https://wadefrancis.com/blog/opening-paragraphs/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 14:12:49 +1100 https://wadefrancis.com/blog/opening-paragraphs/ Opening paragraphs carry an unfair amount of responsibility. This post looks at what they’re meant to promise, where refinement stops helping, and why alignment matters more than a perfect hook. https://wadefrancis.com/blog/how-many-drafts-does-a-novel-take/ Sun, 28 Dec 2025 09:01:54 +1100 https://wadefrancis.com/blog/how-many-drafts-does-a-novel-take/ Counting drafts after the fact reveals how a novel really evolves — through iteration, discarded assumptions, and structural rewrites.