Delete plz put it in the wrong spot

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In school my teachers always said your first guess is usually your best guess. I followed that advice all the way through college and for the most part it was accurate.

Recently I have been transcribing my notebooks into my typed portions. I've been using this time to do a pseudo first edit. I find that anything I change I turn around a go back to the original version. It's usually the best one.

Note: I'm not talking about grammar and typos got a billion of those.

Does editing and rewriting really help your book?