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Feb. 19th, 2010 07:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
musingaloudI'm trying to revise a story. What I usually do is revise a story using the track changes feature in Word. Then I let it sit for a while, so I can come back and read with a *somewhat* clearer eye, so that hopefully I've forgotten enough of the story and the way it was worded to be able to tell if it still reads smoothly and gets the required information across.
So I read through the story and approved all the changes. And then I get to the end. My protagonist kills the dreaded creature that's attacked them. Boom it dies and it's over. A little too quick, there. Then more stuff happens, and boom, the story ends. It's ok. It's not great.
I have notes at the end suggesting a different ending. Adding in another element earlier on, where my hero was going to leave as soon as they returned. Now end the story when she's killed the creature, with some begging for her to not go, they've accepted her now, and her deciding if she should stay or go (they've been mean to her). This way, we'll have some self-discovery of some sort (still undecided what that should be!) and it will probably be a better ending.
But geez, I'm heartily sick of working on this story. This is when I usually trunk the story for months on end, because I don't want to do it. It's really not that much work to change it. Why am I so reluctant? This revising stuff sucks sometimes.
But I am determined to get through all my story drafts and get them finished. Some have languished for way too long, and I like the stories. I just gave up on working on them. And I'm not going to let that happen.
So I read through the story and approved all the changes. And then I get to the end. My protagonist kills the dreaded creature that's attacked them. Boom it dies and it's over. A little too quick, there. Then more stuff happens, and boom, the story ends. It's ok. It's not great.
I have notes at the end suggesting a different ending. Adding in another element earlier on, where my hero was going to leave as soon as they returned. Now end the story when she's killed the creature, with some begging for her to not go, they've accepted her now, and her deciding if she should stay or go (they've been mean to her). This way, we'll have some self-discovery of some sort (still undecided what that should be!) and it will probably be a better ending.
But geez, I'm heartily sick of working on this story. This is when I usually trunk the story for months on end, because I don't want to do it. It's really not that much work to change it. Why am I so reluctant? This revising stuff sucks sometimes.
But I am determined to get through all my story drafts and get them finished. Some have languished for way too long, and I like the stories. I just gave up on working on them. And I'm not going to let that happen.
