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Faux Poll!
Mar. 2nd, 2006 05:25 pmRewrite or not to rewrite.
I'm considering doing a massive edit of The King. It needs tough-loving from the grammar stick bad. The problem is I know that along with the grammar fixes, I'd do a ton of re-writing, probably re-working the entire fic.
On one hand, I'm NO. Don't. Don't be that writer whose output dwindles to "new" versions of a beloved opus-- not that it'd get reposted anywhere except TheRopeOpera. I should be writing new stuff. Move forward. Don't dwell on past glories.
But, OTOH, I think it would be a great learning project. I've got distance from the story, so tics and opera-centric bad writing would be a bit more obvious. I'd read and hear it, rather than my joy at omg!mygoodidea!
So, advice, suggestions, war-stories from undertaking a rewrite?
I'm considering doing a massive edit of The King. It needs tough-loving from the grammar stick bad. The problem is I know that along with the grammar fixes, I'd do a ton of re-writing, probably re-working the entire fic.
On one hand, I'm NO. Don't. Don't be that writer whose output dwindles to "new" versions of a beloved opus-- not that it'd get reposted anywhere except TheRopeOpera. I should be writing new stuff. Move forward. Don't dwell on past glories.
But, OTOH, I think it would be a great learning project. I've got distance from the story, so tics and opera-centric bad writing would be a bit more obvious. I'd read and hear it, rather than my joy at omg!mygoodidea!
So, advice, suggestions, war-stories from undertaking a rewrite?
