Late last night I had a revaluation and oddly enough it was after watching two minutes of the last Harry Potter movie just before I went to bed.
I realized that I had a few holes in chapter one of book two and that I was going about the story all wrong. There’s a danger that I was not addressing seriously enough with the WIA and all of the characters that revolve around the WIA. There are also a few things that I need to work on with Joseph.
I’m hoping that I will only need to tear apart the first chapter because I’m 178 pages into the book already and it would completely suck if I had to do a total re-write and tear everything down, and then build it back up again.
But I guess of that’s what I have to do then I’m going to have to do it, but hopefully not.
I should just be happy that I caught this mistake early.
Well looks like I have some work to do.
Rewrites and edits can be frustrating but they’re also a great adventure! Enjoy this time and watch your story grow!
I will thanks
I’ve run into a similar problem when I’m done writing and editing for continuity. I’ve found that a lot problems can be solved through adding scenes or even a few sentences here and there. I’m always scared that if I do a full re-write that I’ll lose the good stuff that I had during my first attempt. Good luck.
Yeah I agree that’s why I’m trying add some new material in somewhere instead of tearing it at apart.
Sucks when you realize something like this! I feel your pain. Usually when this happens to me, if I try to ignore it and keep on the path I’d been on, I find I just can’t write it anymore. But it energizes me to know the “truth” of my story, and the fixes are not that bad. Ah, these moments of clarity!
Thanks I’m glad that you can relate, but it does make the story much better in the end at least.
Oh, absolutely!
Hi Chelsea, thank you for dropping by my blog and “Liking” my post, ‘A Writer’s Nightmare’.
–, My editor keeps emailing me and asking, “Where is the MS?”
I love your blog’s background; the quill and inkwell with writing paper is really cool.
I’ve just finished the final edit of my first book — at least I hope it’s the last edit
Thank you I’m glad you like my background.
Good luck finishing your last edit I’m sure that you’ll have it in to yout editor soon.