impoverished artifices

I'm committing to transparently drafting this project online, which will be a little different than how I work with paper and pen. Usually, I outline notes with paper and pen, have a list of plot points, images, elements, characters, possibilities, etc. This is then formed into a word or rich text file on my computer. I will sometimes use pen and paper to write changes to a draft, composing a scene or snippet of a scene. Usually, this is no more than three pages and frequently less than that. I then fold the handwritten into the electronic. While entering my pen and paper scene edits, I'm also editing what I wrote with pen/paper as I enter the text. Thus, records of my manuscript edits are incomplete. With this format, I hope to be more reflexive and transparent with my edits.

I begin with a document that has been edited already. I don't have an original, or at least don't have a copy from between original and an early version, I'm guessing, as my iBook was stolen about one year ago. I may have earlier drafts in the cloud (gmail, D2L). I will look and port asynchronously if need be.

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