You may find that the revision process takes as long or longer than writing the draft or first version.

你会发现修改过程用的时间与写草稿一样多，甚至更多。

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Now incidentally I'm writing a book the title of the book is Subprime Solution; I just sent off the draft to the copy editor last Friday.

顺便提一句，我正在写一本书,名叫《次贷危机解决方案》；,上周五我刚刚将草稿送到文字编辑手中。

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After writing a first draft, should the second be written from scratch or should it be an edit of the first.

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