Comments on: Rewrites of Earlier Chapters http://www.orblover.com/blog/2008/08/27/rewrites-of-earlier-chapters/ News, Announcements, and Comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:35:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: derf56 http://www.orblover.com/blog/2008/08/27/rewrites-of-earlier-chapters/comment-page-1/#comment-124 derf56 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:34:44 +0000 http://www.orblover.com/blog/?p=24#comment-124 Finish the wonderful story, the best NIS story since Frank Downey stopped writing. you can always go back and re-edit, Bill Morgan has been doing that for years. Finish the wonderful story, the best NIS story since Frank Downey stopped writing. you can always go back and re-edit, Bill Morgan has been doing that for years.

]]> By: Orblover http://www.orblover.com/blog/2008/08/27/rewrites-of-earlier-chapters/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Orblover Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:17:13 +0000 http://www.orblover.com/blog/?p=24#comment-123 Marti, Thanks for your thoughts. It is something to ponder and something I have considered. Don't worry, I do plan to finish the story! I'm having way to much fun with it not to. Orb Marti,

Thanks for your thoughts. It is something to ponder and something I have considered.

Don’t worry, I do plan to finish the story! I’m having way to much fun with it not to.

Orb

]]> By: mati http://www.orblover.com/blog/2008/08/27/rewrites-of-earlier-chapters/comment-page-1/#comment-122 mati Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:09:28 +0000 http://www.orblover.com/blog/?p=24#comment-122 Orb, I agree with you that when you write a long story, you will learn a lot, and your writing style will evolve. Now having said that, I would encourage you to complete the story as you are doing, and then go into the rewrite mode. There are several reasons for this (1) by completing the story now you will have a better basis for the rewrite. By that I mean that you will have the complete story (not on outline) in front of you as you decide what needs to change; (2) if you start the rewrite part way through the story, you will find once again that your style will evolve, leading you to start the rewrite all over again, with the result that you have a perpetual half completed story; and (3) As an avid (and selfish) reader of your story I don’t want anything to distract you from completing the story. Of course, I would be very happy to read version 2 of your story at a later date, but first finish version 1 -- (PLEASE). As an example of what can happen, I am reading a wonderful story where the author decided to do a rewrite. Before the rewrite the story covered the week before the start of school, the first day of school, and the first half of the first day of NIS. Now after a more than a year of rewrites, the story is half way through the week before the start of school. Now I will admit that the rewrites produced a better story, but it does lead to a rather frustrated reader. Marti Orb,

I agree with you that when you write a long story, you will learn a lot, and your writing style will evolve. Now having said that, I would encourage you to complete the story as you are doing, and then go into the rewrite mode. There are several reasons for this (1) by completing the story now you will have a better basis for the rewrite. By that I mean that you will have the complete story (not on outline) in front of you as you decide what needs to change; (2) if you start the rewrite part way through the story, you will find once again that your style will evolve, leading you to start the rewrite all over again, with the result that you have a perpetual half completed story; and (3) As an avid (and selfish) reader of your story I don’t want anything to distract you from completing the story. Of course, I would be very happy to read version 2 of your story at a later date, but first finish version 1 — (PLEASE).

As an example of what can happen, I am reading a wonderful story where the author decided to do a rewrite. Before the rewrite the story covered the week before the start of school, the first day of school, and the first half of the first day of NIS. Now after a more than a year of rewrites, the story is half way through the week before the start of school. Now I will admit that the rewrites produced a better story, but it does lead to a rather frustrated reader.

Marti

]]> By: Hal_L http://www.orblover.com/blog/2008/08/27/rewrites-of-earlier-chapters/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Hal_L Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:24:26 +0000 http://www.orblover.com/blog/?p=24#comment-121 And many of us will read your story again in the future. And many of us will read your story again in the future.

]]> By: martinmac2002 http://www.orblover.com/blog/2008/08/27/rewrites-of-earlier-chapters/comment-page-1/#comment-120 martinmac2002 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:23:57 +0000 http://www.orblover.com/blog/?p=24#comment-120 do the rewrite and post it. you will pick up any inconsistancies and be able to deal with them; you know where your character says something one day and three months later you make the character say something else. I'm in the middle of a rewrite of new year. I will repost it when it is finished. two reasons. 1st that the story will be better and flow more easily 2nd that a new potential audience is out there to read my work, and hopefully enjoy it. Martinmac do the rewrite and post it. you will pick up any inconsistancies and be able to deal with them; you know where your character says something one day and three months later you make the character say something else. I’m in the middle of a rewrite of new year. I will repost it when it is finished.
two reasons.
1st that the story will be better and flow more easily
2nd that a new potential audience is out there to read my work, and hopefully enjoy it.
Martinmac

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