I think it's great we're learning from each other as we go along. We'll both be better writers for it.
I've actually wrote a ton the last two days and didn't even really realize it. All I was doing was editing chapters and writing things from Colby's POV and next thing I know I've written almost 5000 words since yesterday.
I put up the new and improved revised chapter 1 where I changed the entire last scene. Then there's a completely new, unread chapter 2 from Colby's POV. And even that was changed from my original version.
I've completely reworked chapter 3 using elements of several different chapters (essentially combining the key elements into one chapter with a lot of new content), wrote a new chapter 4 from Colby's POV and reworked a scene from my original chapter 4 into a completely new chapter.
I was going to start chapter 5 (from Colby's POV so it's all new) but instead I went back and started editing chapter 3. I've gone over it like 3 times now, including reading it out loud (which I highly recommend--I found so many spots that just didn't read well audibly...now I have to go back and do the other chapters like that). I'm still finding things I want to change about it, though. Totally not satisfied.
This back and forth has been working pretty good for me. Last night I totally reworked chapter 1, then wrote chapter 2. Then went back and edited chapter 1, then looked over chapter 2 then started to write a little of chapter 3 then went back and really edited chapter 1 and then 2, lol. It was like leapfrog or something. Up a step, back two steps, up two steps, back one. But I got a lot of work done.
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Re: some more thoughts
Date: 2013-03-20 03:48 am (UTC)I've actually wrote a ton the last two days and didn't even really realize it. All I was doing was editing chapters and writing things from Colby's POV and next thing I know I've written almost 5000 words since yesterday.
I put up the new and improved revised chapter 1 where I changed the entire last scene. Then there's a completely new, unread chapter 2 from Colby's POV. And even that was changed from my original version.
I've completely reworked chapter 3 using elements of several different chapters (essentially combining the key elements into one chapter with a lot of new content), wrote a new chapter 4 from Colby's POV and reworked a scene from my original chapter 4 into a completely new chapter.
I was going to start chapter 5 (from Colby's POV so it's all new) but instead I went back and started editing chapter 3. I've gone over it like 3 times now, including reading it out loud (which I highly recommend--I found so many spots that just didn't read well audibly...now I have to go back and do the other chapters like that). I'm still finding things I want to change about it, though. Totally not satisfied.
This back and forth has been working pretty good for me. Last night I totally reworked chapter 1, then wrote chapter 2. Then went back and edited chapter 1, then looked over chapter 2 then started to write a little of chapter 3 then went back and really edited chapter 1 and then 2, lol. It was like leapfrog or something. Up a step, back two steps, up two steps, back one. But I got a lot of work done.