I have learned a lot working on CT.
The most important of things is to trust myself and my process. I said a while ago I did a lot of work up front in hopes of minimizing revision. It worked. My revisions have been not very difficult. First I fixed the back end. Then I sent it to people. I have since fixed the front and gone over it again. (The middle was solid.)
Also, that I wasted too much time and angst on revision. I could have been done and halfway through my next book if I had knuckled down the way I do when I’m drafting. I let myself flounder with it because it was new and stressful, but if I had just done it, it wouldn’t have been as stressful! Go figure. (I feel like this paragraph applies to my entire life, actually.)
So from now on, do all the work up front, and trust revisions to fall as they may. They will not kill me. Because, you know what? The fear - revisiphobia - is rooted in perfectionism. How can I fear revision if I do the best I can? What loss is there? It will be as good as I can make it, and either that’s ‘good enough’ or it’s not.