Draft 3 1%

[Blightsong he/him]

So it seems Brandon is on to draft 3! 

[Yata he/him]

Yes I notice too...I missed almost all the Draf2, maybe it is an error

[Blightsong he/him]

Just now, Yata said:

Yes I notice too...I missed almost all the Draf2, maybe it is an error

Brandon and his team have been working on draft 2 and draft 1 simultaneously, so I doubt it was an error.

[Pagerunner he/him]

18 minutes ago, Yata said:

Yes I notice too...I missed almost all the Draf2, maybe it is an error

I think Peter recently spoke about the editing process on Reddit. IIRC, the first draft is Brandon originally writing it down, the second draft involves the continuity team going over with a fine-toothed comb, the third draft is back to Brandon, and then there's at least one more run-through from the continuity team looking to make sure all the errors have been corrected. So, in this case, they've been drafting by part instead of by book. They've completed Draft 2 of Parts 1&2, and sent that back to Brandon for his third draft. While the continuity team is doing Draft 2 for Parts 3-5, Brandon will do a Draft 3 for Parts 1&2. They expect this piecemeal approach will cut 1/2 a year off of editing time.

Short answer, Draft 2 isn't Brandon's job, so he doesn't put it up on his progress bar.

EDIT: Here are some other relevant comments:

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• 1.0 Straight through beginning to end, taking notes as he goes on changes of direction that will need to be fixed in…
• 2.0 Continuity edit, done immediately afterwards
• [Brief gap]
• 3.0 Polish for tighter language, cut about 15%
• Send out to alpha readers (writing group, editor, agent, wife)
• [6-month gap, during which time he takes notes on things to change]
• 4.0 Incorporate alphas’ feedback and his own reflections
• 5.0 Second polish
• [Send to betas, fans etc. - not the same people as alphas - plus editor]
• 6.0 Last fixes
• 7.0, 8.0: copy edit and proofreads (polishes)

 

Edited December 19, 2016 by Pagerunner