the ramble dump
Sunday, May 15, 2005
So I've Decided...
Thing to do: complete revision of The Aberration Chapters 1, 2 and 3.
Why? Well, I've been planning a to do some work on 3 for some time, but it's been one of those things I've just, er...not had time for. Yes, that's it. Lots of far-more-importanter things to do.
Anyhow...I was rereading Chapters 1 and 2 last night and, especially during the bit where Winnie and her home are introduced, I found myself thinking, 'Yes, that's all very nice, but can we get on with things, please?' It just seemed unnecessary and tedious. Also, there are a few bits where Beef doesn't quite fit his character as I write it now.
There are things from all three chapters that I want to take out or rewrite, but I also want to add things. Some bits I want to rewrite just to improve the quality, although these areas will largely remain the same. There are also aspects that I want to focus on more, and some things I want to feature less prominently than they are doing in the current versions.
But there are going to be more significant changes too. Mostly small things to add in places, mostly to make things like the TV show and the court case chapters more relevant to the rest of the story, but quite possibly one or two new characters as well, although I'm going to have to think about that.
The overall aim is to generally up the quality and make the whole thing much more coherent, introducing themes into these earlier chapters that I'd only decided on using after I'd written them. I've revised the first two chapters before, but they weren't really significant changes. This could be a pretty major rewrite. It'll be good to have them fresh for Fat Man In Tweed.
Why? Well, I've been planning a to do some work on 3 for some time, but it's been one of those things I've just, er...not had time for. Yes, that's it. Lots of far-more-importanter things to do.
Anyhow...I was rereading Chapters 1 and 2 last night and, especially during the bit where Winnie and her home are introduced, I found myself thinking, 'Yes, that's all very nice, but can we get on with things, please?' It just seemed unnecessary and tedious. Also, there are a few bits where Beef doesn't quite fit his character as I write it now.
There are things from all three chapters that I want to take out or rewrite, but I also want to add things. Some bits I want to rewrite just to improve the quality, although these areas will largely remain the same. There are also aspects that I want to focus on more, and some things I want to feature less prominently than they are doing in the current versions.
But there are going to be more significant changes too. Mostly small things to add in places, mostly to make things like the TV show and the court case chapters more relevant to the rest of the story, but quite possibly one or two new characters as well, although I'm going to have to think about that.
The overall aim is to generally up the quality and make the whole thing much more coherent, introducing themes into these earlier chapters that I'd only decided on using after I'd written them. I've revised the first two chapters before, but they weren't really significant changes. This could be a pretty major rewrite. It'll be good to have them fresh for Fat Man In Tweed.
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Chris @ 4:01 PM 
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