Maya Doyle ยป Blog » Revising/Rewriting http://www.mayadoyle.com/blog Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:55:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Writing – Revising http://www.mayadoyle.com/blog/2009/07/writing-revising/ http://www.mayadoyle.com/blog/2009/07/writing-revising/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:52:37 +0000 Maya http://www.mayadoyle.com/blog/?p=29 So, I figured my first post would be writing related, since, you know, this is writer’s blog and all. And I picked my favorite (if you can’t hear the sarcasm–pretend) subject: Revising or rewriting. Which, to me, is kind of the same thing.

I just finished a project a few days ago; The Hunt of a Lifetime (title likely to be changed). I completed it in 9 days, at around 15k. Great, right? Wrong! The characters, those lovely, crazy, lovable people (again, hear the sarcasm) changed the plot. 12k INTO the story. Yes, you read that right–12k in.

I guess I shouldn’t complain too much. I can use, er, some of the other stuff. It’s kind of difficult to use any more than that when your characters went from a first-time meeting to, oh, you know, being engaged way back when. Nice, eh? But it’s okay. The first draft is finished and the ending isn’t going to change much (I’m praying really hard here, in case you were wondering), so that’s good. At least, that’s what I’m naively telling myself. Shh, play along. It appeases the voices.

So, what about y’all? Do you like revising? Or do you Hate (yes, capital H) it with a fiery passion that would burn even the Devil’s skin?

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