I don’t understand writers who have to get a paragraph right before moving on to the next one. I don’t know that a paragraph is right until after the entire story is written and I’m reading through the whole script for the first time.
I also think writing is more enjoyable if you just let yourself be creative first. The hard graft of shaping what you created can come later, once you’ve been able to step back from what you’ve written and be able to analyse what works, what doesn’t and so on.
My first edit is a read through to make sure I’ve got the story down and haven’t missed anything. I check for repetitions, typos and grammar as I do this. My second edit is to edit the actual story. Does it make sense? Have I missed out any crucial information? Does the structure work? Is the structure strong enough?
Once I’ve corrected anything I need to do with structure, my third edit is to look at what I have written and ask can I do this in a better way? The answer to that is inevitably yes and this is where my writing becomes tighter and more focused.
I then look at the story again. Have I enjoyed the tale? If I don’t, nobody else will!
And I leave time between edits (this is where working on more than one thing at a time is a plus as I always have something else to do while I’m giving myself time away from the original story. You need gaps so when you return to the story you see it with a fresh eye).
I like editing. I see it as getting my story into shape and without it I know that work has no chance of being published. But I also see editing as something that shouldn’t be rushed. And I also take comfort from the fact nobody sees all their errors on the first read through. I always pick up something I’ve missed on the subsequent edits.