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Message: <blockquote data-quote="carpedavid" data-source="post: 3366079" data-attributes="member: 6971">I edit as I go, too, which helps me in two ways:1. I seem to have less to edit when I'm done.2. Going back over previously written material seems to help me find connections that I'd otherwise miss.In situations where I'm the only one who has input to my work before the story is finalized (like this contest), I find that this approach works acceptably well. I think it would probably make me "slow" compared to others, though, in a situation where I were expected to pass editing duties off to an external source.Oh - I just thought of a technique that I've been using in this contest that I had never tried before. When writing, if I come to an area that I find is slowing me down, I put in placeholders - usually something along the lines of "[more dialogue here]," but sometimes entire plot points.I then move on to other parts of the story where I find that the words are flowing more freely. Thus far, I've only used it twice, so I can't tell you how well it holds up over time, but so far it seems to have enabled me to write longer stories in the same amount of time.</blockquote>