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I like it. (for a minute there I was worried, thinking you had split your book into third and first person or something xD)

Yikes XD

Oh, they’re just glorious.

Right? I’ve been having a few too many XD

So you actually know exactly what you want to change about every individual chapter before you start revision? I was just going to go through and add and change things as I go, as well as pick a few specific chapters or scenes to fix or help present character’s better.

I usually know at least loosely. I try to have figured out which parts I should expand, which parts I should rewrite/recast, (and how)  and what I need to change about any given scene.

I usually wing the smaller stuff, like I don’t plan exactly which paragraph to add introspection to, I just know which chapter or section to add it in.

It’s something that gets easier with practice, because you always risk only fixing the surface issues if you just go through and fix when you see mistakes. It’s easy to get lost in the minutae instead of fixing the deeper issues.

For bigger, structural changes, it’s essentially outlining it again, but you already know the story so it’s easier the second time around.

For my first book I ended up cutting and adding several chapters and switching POV to a different character several times. And I added in the second half of the second act because I… didn’t have one? Somehow? I went directly from the midpoint to the low point XD

Don’t worry about it. As long as your swords aren’t blocking arrow shots (I recently read a fantasy book that did that), use em’ how you want to. xD

I’ve… read that too. Multiple times. Once with hitting an arrow out of the air with a knife and once cutting the arrows in half in midair with an axe. Those were two different books. *Deep sigh*

 Tristan forgives you.

Hugon wouldn’t have forgiven me. Like, ever XD

I was thinking about how writing changes one’s perception of how good or bad books are because you understand what’s going on behind the scenes.

Are there any books/media that aged particularly well or poorly for you?