1. rewriting - Noun
2. rewriting - Verb
editing that involves writing something again
Source: WordNetThe process of rewriting is enjoyable, because you're not in that existential panic when you don't have a novel at all. Rose Tremain
Life is like a typographical error: we're constantly writing and rewriting things over each other. Bret Easton Ellis
Rewriting is a large part of the whole job. And get rid of stuff that's not working. Just pare it down until it's a beautiful thing you can hand in, probably late, to your editor. Kurt Loder
The only kind of writing is rewriting. Ernest Hemingway
When you perform in front of an audience after only two days of rehearsal, you're flying by the seat of your pants - particularly when they're rewriting the show right up to the moment the camera goes on. Michael Richards
Too many are focused on rewriting the past, invent the future! Philippe Kahn