A great blog post about revision by author Laura Ruby. Kids and adults always gasp when I tell them that I had to start Rules over after my first editorial letter. The comments in the letter were so deep that it required it. In fact, of my four novels, I've had to start three of them over at that same point.

Here's a little of that day for Rules on my blog: "It snowed all night. Snow reminds me of blank pages, new beginnings. So this morning, surrounded by the world's silent, fresh start, I did what I knew I needed to. I let go and wiped Rules clean."
http://cynthialord.livejournal.com/65537.html