The Tales of Rewriting

Some people may not understand what the point of a rewrite is, or why I'm even doing it. And when I'm at the brink of beginning chapter 2 of it, and I just edited chapter 1, I may question it too.

So here's what I think: A re-write is for the author to benefit the reader. I personally think ToN just sucked, and I had grown to hate looking at what I had written nearly three years ago. Why? cause I was a horrible writer then, that's why! My style has changed, my characters flip flopped personalities, and it just wasn't going together.

So why am I rewriting it if I hate it? Because I still love the plot. I still love my idea. I still love my characters to no end, and I believe this is the only way to save their story. I mean, so far, so good, right? And so what if it's all ready not matching up with the timeline of the last story? I thought it moved to fast, so I'm allowed to slow it down this time, aren't I? And I'm allowed to get new chapter names! In fact, I can make Dev/e/a/y/i/n a girly person and take a poll on what I want to switch it too! I mean! Look at my poll! There's one for the 'a' one for the 'i' and 7 for the 'y'! My personally favorite? the 'a'! The one I chose before was to fit a tomboy, the in between, I thought was the 'e'! and obviously it doesn't fit now if Lise is thinking it's a boy.

So that's my reasoning. You're stuck at a story. Finished it, whatever. And dead tired of working with what you have to make it look pretty. When there's no chance of keeping it and tidying it up. It's just impossible. The roof is caved in on the overall unconfusedness, the characters are all over the place, and the structure and walls are just crumbling down as we speak. There's only one thing to do. Gut it, keep the original idea, and forget the rest!

I may not have them go visit the Establishment! Maybe Sage will decided that's not a good thing to suggest to a grieving Cali the day after his dad is taken. And so she won't, but they'll still talk about it. They'll talk about finding information, and discovering about what goes on, and then Blaine'll get roped in just like before, but it'll be different. Then they'll have their first visit to the place. See? Problem solved!

After mine turning into more of a paper, just like Clarissa's, this is where I end. So good luck to you others out there, and before I can fully get into writing, I'm going to go kill this high with HW, which was what I originally came in here with the purpose of doing. Thanks for your vote Lauren, sure got my last 20 minutes of life completely diverted ;P but that's the fun in it all, isn't it?