How to Tell if the First Draft of Your Novel Just Isn’t Worth Salvaging
Timely article (because NaNo is just that popular now) on io9 on how to tell if what you've spewed out this month is worth the effort of keeping and editing. A lot of it is pretty self-evident advice for those of us who are experienced writers, but it bears repeating, nonetheless, and for all the people who are still relatively new to the craft, it's good stuff to go by.