Yes, another rewrite of Faerylander.
My friend Martha read the current version, and had invaluable suggestions. But it got me thinking. I do like this streamlined version. I consolidated chapters, tried to make the story flow better. But in doing so, I think I may have left out too many of the attractive elements that I wanted to do in the first place.
But, now that it has been streamlined, I'm realizing I can layer a lot of the material back in.
It will be my magnum opus. It will be a fairly long book by the time I'm finished. The longest book I've ever done.
This is probably what most people have in mind when they talk about writing a book. Endless rewrites -- throwing valuable stuff out, adding things that don't work, trying different versions, and always, always trying to polish the writing.
But I've decided that -- in the end -- this book probably just doesn't work. That nobody will probably ever read it.
Therefore, I think I kind of want to go back and do it the way I want to do it. Have fun with it. Just put in all the elements I liked back in.
Why not?
My friend Martha read the current version, and had invaluable suggestions. But it got me thinking. I do like this streamlined version. I consolidated chapters, tried to make the story flow better. But in doing so, I think I may have left out too many of the attractive elements that I wanted to do in the first place.
But, now that it has been streamlined, I'm realizing I can layer a lot of the material back in.
It will be my magnum opus. It will be a fairly long book by the time I'm finished. The longest book I've ever done.
This is probably what most people have in mind when they talk about writing a book. Endless rewrites -- throwing valuable stuff out, adding things that don't work, trying different versions, and always, always trying to polish the writing.
But I've decided that -- in the end -- this book probably just doesn't work. That nobody will probably ever read it.
Therefore, I think I kind of want to go back and do it the way I want to do it. Have fun with it. Just put in all the elements I liked back in.
Why not?