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This is weird, makes no sense and is so counter-intuitive (IMO of course), but I find it easier to write new stuff than editing/updating previous revisions of my writing. I mean, when you copy and paste 90% of a chapter, surely it must be super quick to revise and get out again?!
Am I a special snowflake or does anyone else also experience this?
If you're talking about the mechanics of doing it on the site--I agree. There are annoying bugs. Sometimes I have to do it several times before it previews correctly with the changes.
dags, Linda, don't get me started on the few bugs. I've had a couple of chapters that I could've sworn I fixed, only to read the first review and realising it didn't "save" my corrections/changes ...
dags, I don't republish, I simply start another book. And like you, I have to say, also not the best way of doing it, but it works best for me.
Although ... I was mostly referring to the actual reviewing process and not so much the site, but we can discuss both! 
The only reason I can think of why it's easier to write all new stuff than fix my older writing is that I have learned so bloody much from everyone on this site, that my more recent "first draft" writing is much, much better than my "first draft" writing from many moons ago. It's really time consuming to fix all those beginner mistakes, let me tell ya!
I'm almost done with fixing the first draft ... That's the good news. The bad news is ... I stopped roughly 30-35% into my first draft and started again - too many massive plot changes. The good news is, so far so good, no more massive plot holes so it won't be long now, and the first draft will be as good as done.
Ahh, I got it wrong too. I don't mind the rewrite process. I always think of it as polishing a turd. LOL Sometimes it's just minor tweaks, and other times it's a whole new direction to address plot fixes.
The one lesson about rewriting that I learned the hard way is not to rewrite in the original document. I break my chapters down into folders containing versions. Version 1 being the draft and all subsequent version #'s being various rewrites. I can always tell which chapters are the toughest to get right because I'll have up to 6 versions of it. Copy and pasting the highest version # onto a new document and numbering it 1 # higher is how I manage to preserve ALL writing, so if I make a giant mistake during the rewrite, I can always revert back to whatever version I feel is the strongest.
Janet..I knew your post could be taken two ways and I picked the way that most related to me. As usual I'm wrong.
I do agree it's easier to start something new than to rewrite old material. I have to resist starting something new and I am better about it after being on this site.
This is an interesting subject and if I weren't on my Kindle I would have more to say. I hate one finger typing...Dags
Yes Dags, you (and Linda) came very close to losing your Romance Inc badges ... hehehe But seriously, when I saw your post and re-read mine, it was me who could've been more specific. But like I said, we can discuss what we like. And it's still on topic! So we're good!
Ahh, I got it wrong too. I don't mind the rewrite process. I always think of it as polishing a turd. LOL Sometimes it's just minor tweaks, and other times it's a whole new direction to address plot fixes.
The one lesson about rewriting that I learned the hard way is not to rewrite in the original document. I break my chapters down into folders containing versions. Version 1 being the draft and all subsequent version #'s being various rewrites. I can always tell which chapters are the toughest to get right because I'll have up to 6 versions of it. Copy and pasting the highest version # onto a new document and numbering it 1 # higher is how I manage to preserve ALL writing, so if I make a giant mistake during the rewrite, I can always revert back to whatever version I feel is the strongest.
I've learned that lesson the hard way - never ever ever ever delete anything you have written - sometimes I delete two words just to realise it will work two paragraphs down, and then of course I can't for the life of me remember the exact words I've used - Mr. Thesaurus is then pulled closer. Since I've wised up a bit, half of my WIP became copy-paste sections I have "discarded" or moved for later use (maybe, maybe not). And I can tell you one thing, I've referred back to the "Archive", as I call it, more times than not. Sometimes I'm even surprised at the good sh#t I came up with before! LOL Good sh#t ... see what I did here? 
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