This Is Becoming Silly · 7:42pm Feb 18th, 2013
In my current project, I've had to remove a number of finished, edited scenes. Some of them had gone through three or four major drafts. If I combined and published the deleted scenes, they would be my second-longest story.
(It's totally worth it, though. I don't think I've ever been this confident in a story, before.)
That's wonderful to hear. Sometimes drowning half your story in the bath is the best way for the rest of it to thrive.
Make a "scrapfile dump" story.
Some of your readers would appreciate it.
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Not a bad idea at all. I've certainly got enough scraps. The detritus from this story will have to wait until the actual finished version is posted, though. Spoilers and all that.
Oh no. Is it being further ripped apart from the latest-version-I've-read? (Or are you just talking about the editing to date?)
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I'm losing about half of the first scene and all of the second. "Twilight is an alicorn" isn't exactly a dramatic reveal anymore. Also I think I'm swapping titles on the Laughter and Kindness chapters, which means I can probably put the tea scene back in.