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The idea isn't to create a perfectly edited *rough* draft. The idea is to get your idea and storyline down without losing your creativity in the process. You make the story better when you edit; editing is the real story creation. Edit it without losing the creativity and imagination of your story.

I've written first drafts where I changed some of the storyline mid-way through, but I didn't go back and edit it. I made a note of any changes and kept writing. Same with my current novel I'm writing. I started out writing in 3rd person past tense and changed it near the end to 3rd person present tense. I didn't go back and start editing the rest to make it present tense. I kept writing until I had the full story down from beginning to end.

So yeah, there might be changes that you'll want to make and maybe even mistakes you've made, but don't go back and edit them because once you start editing them then it'll take you forever to complete your story.

A rough draft is a rough draft. Don't edit it as you go along. Make a point of using the first draft to get your story down from beginning to end. The real story will come through during the editing phase, which will include handling continuity, shaping up grammar, building on your dialogue and character and plot development, etc.

Just write whatever is in your mind (but if its all muddled up-like mine, make sure you put it into sentences) and don't worry about spelling, grammar etc mistakes. You can fix those up later. Go straight to the point. You don't need to add too many descriptions or Fill Ups yet.

Example:

FIRST DRAFT="What are you doing here?" I gasped before turning around. There was a girl about ten years old with golden hair staring at me. "Well?"

SECOND DRAFT="What are you doing here?" A sharp angry voice startled me. I gasped and turned around to see the speaker, only to find a girl about ten years old with long, golden curls and blue eyes. "Well?"

I hope this helped! Good luck on your story!