Alright, Lianna.

[angelak]

Alright, Lianna.
I've an idea.
I know we were thinking of a back and forth story...
I began trying to write the other night when I felt incredibly blocked.
I picked up DL and began reading it. It came to me.
Perhaps I'd better begin re-writing DL.
Perhaps it's a good way to wet my appetite and writing inspirations?

For instance:
Begin revising it into a more sophisticated story with a bit higher level writing in it than was previous...I know it's quite insane. The 100 pages I wrote when I was 13 would quite easily differ from how I write now. Is it possible for me to make it something better with the level of writing I have now?
I became aware that yes, my writing level has changed. My insecurities were silly to think I still have the voice of a 13 year old author.

Could I still use the baseline of it, though?
I read the prologue last night, and realized the following:
Wow, I didn't do much explaining behind this. I could have gone farther with that. Wow, why was this what was happening in the story? If I wrote it now I would have included these descriptions, and not just jumped over some of the details.

Or is this craziness?
Part of me is just struggling with beginning something. Distant Lands has already begun.

Anyway. Anyone else with opinions and thoughts on this...
I'm in a feedback oriented mood today. This is clear.

-Angela


P.S. You always told me if I didn't finish it you'd hurt me. ;)

Comments

I don't know if this helps any:

[netharos.livejournal.com]

When my brother Jesse was in highschool, he spent a couple years writing a fantasy novel. He finished it and bound the text, and turned it in for a school project. Since that time he has gone back to regard it as a first draft of sorts, and is currently writing more backstory to accompany it. After that, he wants to start writing it all over again, using his older work as a source material for reference. I think this process is not so different from what many great visionary writers do; I know it's a technique that was employed by both Tolkien and George Lucas for one thing. Maybe that's the route you should go--I wouldn't know though, I haven't read anything much written by you. =)

Re: I don't know if this helps any:

[ithisia.livejournal.com]

Ah.
My level of security about my writing grows higher as the education level of the reader is higher ;) And ESPECIALLY if their major had anything to do with literature.... errr...

Heeehee. [really, I've tended to notice this. This is why I scarcely blinked twice if Steve read my writing, and yet when Khaya read a page of it, I began twitching violently thinking "omgs.... he can compare it to all the ... other writing out there." ]

And then... there is the fact that anything written by me as of late is at least 5 years old, due to my focus on technology.

Well. Perhaps I should run with my idea, as Jesse has taken this approach, and Tolkien is a childhood and adulthood hero of mine :D

Ah. Yes. Thanks for the mention.
And if I ever get over my fear of overly-educated folks reading my stuff [which sooner or later I'll have to!] I'll let you and the other smart people that I care about, read some ;)

*hugs* and love and all that shit.

-Angela

Re: I don't know if this helps any:

[ithisia.livejournal.com]

And of course.
The one exception is...
The Infamous Editor.
She remains un named.
lol.

-Angela

Re: I don't know if this helps any:

[poeticzi.livejournal.com]

I hope someday I'll get to read it (hopefully my being a proposed english major won't stop you). It sounds interesting, even if the only thing I know about it is the title. And that almost inspires me to go back to Earth 101, but I don't think I will cuz I still don't know how to mix fantasy/sci-fi. Someone commented that it should fall under cyberpunk cuz cyberpunk works but i don't know of any cyberpunk stories I could read to see how that works/what it is..Cuz it's probably my most original plot idea and it would make an awesome story if I could figure out how to get it right...Now I'm inspired lol. And taking a fiction class this fall so perhaps I might check out some of that genre and attempt to rewrite it to make it work better...

Re: I don't know if this helps any:

[ithisia.livejournal.com]

Well, then!
An influx of inspiration is around us all.
This is wonderful.
If I ever make anything decent of it, I'll share.

Even to those who are smart. That includes almost all of my friends. Well. no. All of them !
:P

-Angela

[centeruniverse.livejournal.com]

How...odd. I seem to be in sync with everyone lately...

I just recently picked up my one major work from my adolesence, and thought to myself, "What would happen if I re-wrote this? Would that make it better? Would I be able to do it? Would that inspire me to finish the series? Would I be able to write other stuff after that?"

I think you should go for it. But that's because I think I should go for it...

Alright.

[ithisia.livejournal.com]

Agreed.
WE should go for it.

Ready, set...



;)

-Angela

Re: Alright.

[centeruniverse.livejournal.com]

I'm putting it off until the end of the quarter. If I had to choose between re-writing the book or writing my final paper for English, I'm just too likely to fail my course...

But as soon as the quarter's over, I encourage you to nag me relentlessly until I make progress.

Re: Alright.

[ithisia.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, pesky finals.
I'll put it on my to-do list.

-Angela

Go for it

[nobodyberry.livejournal.com]

I could see starting from scratch as being a good option. I mean, yes, your writing has changed and grown, as you have, so it's unlikey that you would be able to just pick up where you left off.

Think of the current draft as notes and build on it. Just be aware that part of the story's charm was borne from the depths of that 13-year-old mind, so you might try to keep parts of it intact, with a few edits here and there.

And well, I want to know how it ends...