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rewrite
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rewrite verb amend, bring up-to-date, change, copy, correct, edit, emend, improve, improve upon, make correccions, make improvements, modify, overhaul, recast, recreate, rectify, redraft, refine, reform, remold, revamp, revise, rework
See also: alter, amend, change, copy, correction, edit, emend, modify, redact, revise, revision
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It is quite common to do comprehensive rewrites of the first few scenes, as the story you really wanted to write didn''t surface until after you''d really got cracking.
The Long and the Short of the Short Story by Suzanne Harrison / Writing and Speaking community
He sticks to the practical and uses a variety of examples to illustrate his seven strategies, including gaining new perspectives, prioritizing the big scenes, tracking the transitions, plotting corrections, getting new information, developing the dialogue pass and performing "on-the-nose" rewrites.
Rewriting Secrets for Screenwriters: Seven Strategies to Improve and ... by Reference & Research Book News
On a CD-RW, you'll find three sets of numbers: the first is the speed at which it writes data, the second is the speed at which it rewrites data, and the third tells you how fast it erases the information (for example, 8x/4x/32x).
A burning question by Donaldson, Sonya A. / Black Enterprise
 
 
 
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