A post I wrote for one of my recent online discussions:
I think it would break my heart if I got a novel all down just right the first time. Fact is, I pretty much despise first drafting and adore revision. To me, that's where all the fun is and most of the discovery. I have this theory that most of the answers to the novel are in the novel. I just have to find them. And I love spending time with the characters once they're more fully formed. Again, I'm a relatively slow writer, so this may be part of it. But sure. My original draft of my WIP was from a completely different character's POV and had a completely different plot. I see no bad in that.
