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sethgrayWell, after a couple of attempts I made a dialogue that I was satisfied with. It still feels a little too expository to suit me, but I think it's the best it's gonna get. This information must get out someway or another. So tomorrow I'm going to run through chapters three and four really quick to see if there's anything I want to tweak, and then I'll go on to new material.
It took me about three hours to come up with one that satisfied me. I started at about noon and I quit at four. I took a two hour walk after that (I just got back, in fact) to decompress. Man, trying to rework your old crap is hard. I pretty much scrapped it all and rewrote it all as if it were the first time. It fit the two characters that were talking better that way. I didn't get across everything I wanted to, but I got enough for the plot to advance. That will just have to do.
It took me about three hours to come up with one that satisfied me. I started at about noon and I quit at four. I took a two hour walk after that (I just got back, in fact) to decompress. Man, trying to rework your old crap is hard. I pretty much scrapped it all and rewrote it all as if it were the first time. It fit the two characters that were talking better that way. I didn't get across everything I wanted to, but I got enough for the plot to advance. That will just have to do.
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on 2008-10-29 01:22 am (UTC)Sounds like a productive day.
I do that kind of stuff after working all day to relax me, but you know what? I hate re-working stuff too. I completely agree with you because seriously, it's harder than starting from scratch.
The HK chapter I just posted, I had 5,000 words done and I thought it was flat. So I reworked it, changed the timing, the sequence, the dialogue and got it where it needed to be before the sex stuff even started. God, it took forever. That was the hardest longest thing I ever worked on.
Except this huge thing I wrote a lot of and then put it aside when my dad got sick almost a year ago and haven't picked it back up. Which is a shame. I could write 4 more chapters and post the whole thing. I won't post WIP. Too much pressure. I did that once and it sucked.
Anyway, I ramble yet again. Getting ready to leave the office and head home to make dinner. See ya. Hope you have another productive day tomorrow.
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on 2008-10-29 02:26 am (UTC)