From 1st to Final Draft: The Stars We Steal Edit Story

I'm doing a DEEP DIVE into the editing process for my second published book The Stars We Steal! Want to know how a first draft differs from a finished, published copy? I'm going in, full spoilers, and talking about my editing process. For a similar video about the process with my debut, Brightly Burning:    • How Much Did My Book Change? 1st draft to ...   TSWS Writing/Editing Vlog Playlist:    • Persuasion In Space #SpaceAngst   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction 02:32 Draft One vs. Draft Zero 04:57 Idea development & mystery plot 06:16 Figuring out the antagonist 07:00 Adding a Bachelor plotline 08:18 Inventing Daniel 09:51 My first terrible ending 10:39 Things in draft one I later threw out 12:01 The B plot from hell 12:32 The pool motif/murder backstory 14:49 Mushy politics & why revision is essential 15:40 Diminishing Maxim & Ewan/swapping character function 16:45 Leo the engineer/inventor 17:29 Rewriting Klara (3 times) 18:46 Turning in the 1st draft/edit letter 19:13 Elliot's motivations/rewriting the romance arc (3x) 21:39 Emotional consistency & rewriting critical scenes 22:40 Turning early filler into high stakes tension 23:49 Dead kids in a romance (mistakes were made) 24:25 Firming up the politics/worldbuilding 26:05 Addressing Leo's agency 27:58 SPEED DATING! 29:15 Rewriting the "fun & games" 30:52 Completely changing the space walk 33:32 Trying to fix the Lady Liberty 35:42 Changing the mystery drive 36:54 The second ending (that failed) & poor Daniel 38:48 Final/third draft changes 39:52 Finally nailing the romance arc 40:54 Making speed dating high tech 42:52 Calling Leo out for classism 44:50 Sexy Marco Polo/fixing the Lady Liberty 46:33 Adding the deep backstory murder plot/new climax 47:59 New ending/epilogue 49:20 Line edits & working in the cover motif Add THE IVIES, my YA thriller featuring competitive college admissions & murder, out in 2021, on Goodreads!   / the-ivies   +OTHER PROJECTS+ Support NovelTea Show on Patreon! We're launching a podcast, with your support.   / novelteashow   +BUY MY BOOKS+ Add THE STARS WE STEAL (Jane Austen + The Bachelor, in space) on Goodreads:   / the-stars-we-steal   Buy BRIGHTLY BURNING from Book Depository (ships worldwide!): https://www.bookdepository.com/Bright... Buy BRIGHTLY BURNING on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Brightly-Burni... Get Brightly Burning on Audible.com! https://www.audible.com/pd/Brightly-B... +LINKS+ Goodreads:   / brightly-burning   Twitter:   / alexadonne   Instagram:   / alexadonne   Newsletter Sign-Up: http://alexadonne.com/newsletter/ Website: http://alexadonne.com/ Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/user/alexadonne +FILMING SPECS+ Camera: Canon t6i Mic: Rode VideoMic Go Light Lighting: Limo Studio Soft Kit Editing Software: Pinnacle Studio 22