Novel revision

My writing partner and I have completed writing draft 3 of our novel and have begun polishing it up, adding tension, increasing characterization, and adding backstory to highlight the universal theme. Manuscript Makeover by Elizabeth Lyon is our guide. Amazing how the story plot came together in draft 3, as chapters and the story ending emerged. I reviewed our progress and noticed we spent approximately 3 months on drafts 1 & 2 each after more than a year of riff writing and producing our first crappy copy. If we keep the same revision pace, we'll have draft 4 ready by September. Writing is a wonderful, fun, and creative process.