That's Another Fine Mess

on the frustrations of redrafting

I am in the middle of redrafting a picture book. As I laid the scenes out today and looked at the shape of the story, I realised that I needed to pull the whole thing apart. I began separating out the spreads, re-setting the text, cutting and pasting and movings things around - and then I saw the holes appear.

It’s tempting to give in to panic when I'm a…