Experience · 4:28pm Jun 30th, 2015
I've discovered that writing, like artwork, is a pursuit that benefits greatly from experience. And I feel I've learned quite a lot with each new story while working through the process of writing and taking in the comments and feedback that have come with each.
So with that in mind, as well as some of this helpful (and sometimes blunt/to-the-point ;) feedback, I'd recently gone back and re-read both Open Door and Messenger a few times. This revealed quite a number of opportunities for improvement—mostly by way of dialog smoothing and paragraph rearrangement. And while none of the overall plotlines of the stories have shifted, I feel each reads much better now and gets its emotions across in a more impactful way. I find it immensely interesting how things as simple as adding a few line breaks here and there, sentence length and cadence, and more natural-flowing dialog can really lend a different feel as one reads through a passage.
So if you've had either of these stories on a "read it later" list, you'll get the "new and improved" version on your first go-through. Or, if you're inclined to read either again to see the difference, I wanted to get the word out that they've had those improvements made based on the experience and feedback I've received.
As for future ideas? Still uncertain there. I'd really like to do more with EQG Rarity. We'll also have to see what 'Games brings to the table. But yeah—thanks for all the feedback and encouragement so far. Giving writing a shot has been quite an eye-opening experience with what authors go through to get from ideas-in-head to an actual written work. Good times, so far.
You have no idea how happy that makes me.
And I also get an excuse to re-read your stories.
Can this day get any better?
All good writers go through something like this; I can easily attest to it. Heck, there's small bits of "Six Nights" that I see and want to tweak at this point, and I barely finished it a month ago. Nothing wrong with that, of course; it's good to learn as you go.
Whatever you produce next, I look forward to it.
Yay for improvements! I do the same thing.
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Them paragraphs tho. ;)
Thanks again for some of that advice.
3194674 And I'm just now seeing that it's complete. =) To the top of the lunchtime list it goes.
3195144 Sweet. Hope you enjoy it.
Ooh.
I hope you didn't change Chapter 2 of Open Door too much, though. Still one of my favorite moments in all of fiction.
3195760 All I did was break up some of the longer paragraphs a bit. As subtle as it sounds, it really has an effect of letting each of Adagio's stages 'sink in' as she progresses.
That and some of the earlier dialog is a bit more natural flowing now. Imo it only enhances those 'feels'. :)
And thanks, btw. That's great to hear.
That first paragraph.....It makes a lot of sense.