Will you rewrite ID?
At this point, nah brah. Like that's so much work to begin with & I'm actually really happy with that story. I mean the first like 17 chapters need more of a purpose, but that's more basic editing and maybe rewriting one or two chapters not the whole shabang.
Obviously I'm planning on some legit changes in TNS since I'm rewriting, which will affect ID, but again I'm just going to go through the book and edit things that I changed out or in, fix grammar, and maybe rewrite/fix some chapters that didn't really serve the plot. Unlike for TNS, I will not be posting a new, shiny edited version!
How will I be able to tell the difference between which TNS is the old version & which is the new version?
Well my dear friend, aside from the obvious date stamps and the fact that one will say (DON'T READ or OLD VERSION) & one will just say The Necromancer's Secret, they will both also have different covers. The old version will have this beautiful creation, courtesy of Donadee (I'll need to ask permission to make sure this is okay, but i'm going to assume she'll let me first.)
ISN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL??? SERIOUSLY I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS ONE
& the new, rewritten version will be the beautiful one created by Prisim:
Why aren't you deleting the old version?
Whoa dude that's like 20k votes down the drain. (pretentious I know) but also, it's a testament to my growth. I think I should leave it up because that was about three years ago that I wrote it and I want it to prove to people that the more you write and the more you learn, the better you get.
If someone hadn't told me I was tagging dialogue wrong in that book, then I would never have learned how to tag dialogue.
I had a lot of fun writing it at the time. Obviously now I have a deep hatred for it, but truth be told, I grew SO MUCH just from having written it. And I want other young writers to be able to look at the old version (which does suck) & look at the new version and see how much I've grown and maybe it'll inspire them not to give up no matter how harsh some critiques can be.
If you keep writing, you WILL grow. Trust me. I've written five books and from my first (unposted) to my most recent, ID, I have seriously grown such a crazy amount that I'm excited.
I know have a LONG way to go to be anywhere near publishing material, but I have grown and that's important to me. Also, despite its overall suckiness, I did create characters that people actually loved, and that's not easy to do.
While I know Muffy has her flaws, I'm excited to write about her continual growth. ID was a huge game changer for her, and it makes me excited for the third book that much more.
Some writers seem almost perfect the first time (*cough*Daven*cough*) and some writers have super rough rough drafts (i.e. me), but my favorite thing about writing is the continuous room for improvement. I think that's what I want to represent. The fact that you can keep growing. Obviously ID wasn't amazing but the growth I had was.
That's my favorite part of being in any activity. From my freshman year of speech when I never broke to this last year where I got fifth at State, I have grown SO MUCH. And I love seeing myself improve and having to work for it. If I were super good at writing right away and didn't have much to strive for, I know I would have gotten bored of it and stopped.
So basically *Dory voice* Just keep writing.
NEVER EVER GIVE UP. If you see someone who is far younger than you writing better than you, don't let that keep you from writing. In fact let that drive you to get better!!
Like every time I read anything Daven (@starlightt) writes, I feel like such a loser because my stuff is terrible and juvenile in comparison.
But the thing is that you can't compare yourself to other people. Daven and I also have vastly different styles and have different backgrounds in writing I'm sure.
This is so weird writing about someone who doesn't know I'm writing about them. I texted her so I hope it's okay? If for some weird reason you're reading this, sorry??
So basically we're the same age but she is better than I could ever hope to be and every time I let myself get insecure, I think about that and I think about how much I've been growing. I don't let it get to me (okay maybe a little but she's basically a writing goddess and I'm a peasant so)
Don't let that discourage you. Don't ever let yourself feel bad because someone is better at something than you.
Especially with writing. The more you read and write, the more you will continue to grow.
Please remember that.
What are you changing in the new version?
Lol these aren't even real questions anyone has asked, but they're questions I'd imagine people would ask.
I am such a loser.
Anyway, I'm changing names like Mr. Siliver -> Mr. Stone (cause what the fuck is a Siliver)
& Fawn -> Freida (because why the fuck is she a deer??)
Also, I'm deleting minor characters, toning down on the whole WHY WON'T LEGACY LOVE ME bullshit, and developing the plot more so that it seems like the series is going somewhere, trying to tone down on blatant Harry Potter similarities (seriously I don't even notice them but people have literally commented "there are so many HP similarities, I don't even enjoy reading it" like okay sorry could you at least tell me what they are???)
Ugh but they're all unintentional aside from the obvious magic boarding school dealio.
Seriously I started reading the Seven Realms Series by Cinda Williams Chima and I've noticed so many unintentional similarities to The Wyvern's Tale and I want to cry.
Basically I'm just going to try and make it more MY OWN. Also I will make the Paul thing less of a surprise. I mean the whole Paul situation literally wasn't meant to happen (glad it did though) but I feel like I want to have it more there, even if it's subtle.
I will probably delete Mr. Fier bc he served the plot not at all
& I'll make the whole "WHOA YOU HAVE MAGIC???" crap from her parents more realistic. I mean Muffy *spoiler alert* effing died. So I'm gonna make her parents have more motive to keep her from magic and yeah.
I'm also trying to develop Tempest more because she's such a lame villain. Like she has no real motive. And so I've been writing things out and so I'm going to do that to make her more 3D & less 2D. Basically I'm going to make the story and characters better and more gripping.
Why are you rewriting it in the first place?
bc it sucks have you not been paying attention
I know mah clone has asked me this because she knows I never want to publish these books (EVER). And it's a legitimate question: Why bother? If it's going to collect dust on the interwebs and never even be sent to an agent or whatever, then why go through all the work?
Refer back to my spiel about improving. This series is continuing and I want people to read ID because I liked that story. & I want people to read the third and fourth book.
But I don't want them to read TNS. I really don''t.
I'm also doing this because it's my guinea pig for editing/rewriting so then I can see what works (and what doesn't) so that when I rewrite serious projects like WT and Ultimate Price (I've lost steam for this one, but recently I've been getting more inspiration) & Lineage (got lots of ideas recently for this one man), I'll be more experienced because those are projects that I WANT to publish.
Like I want to see WT in print and Lineage and Ultimate Price (retitled and shinier ofc). I don't ever want to see TNS in print on bookshelves.
A lot of it is all the HP similarities. It would end up defining me as a writer, and I don't want that to happen. It's like if the 50 Shades author decided to write something serious and something she was really invested in and that maybe didn't have sex in it, she'd be defined by 50 Shades and people wouldn't touch her new, more serious book as a result.
I don't want that to happen to me.
I'd like to have a hardcopy of TNS (new version) & ID (because the covers are beautiful) & also because that would be cool, but I wouldn't want them to be published in ANY FORM.
That being said, if you ever randomly see TNS or it's sequels on Amazon or Lulu or something that is not me. Please inform me and report it.
If for some reason I decide to (which I won't TRUST ME) self-pub these books, you guys will be the first to know. Otherwise, it's not me.
Okay that was really long and randomly inspirational in the middle there.
Okay thanks for reading should you have actually read it
At this point, nah brah. Like that's so much work to begin with & I'm actually really happy with that story. I mean the first like 17 chapters need more of a purpose, but that's more basic editing and maybe rewriting one or two chapters not the whole shabang.
Obviously I'm planning on some legit changes in TNS since I'm rewriting, which will affect ID, but again I'm just going to go through the book and edit things that I changed out or in, fix grammar, and maybe rewrite/fix some chapters that didn't really serve the plot. Unlike for TNS, I will not be posting a new, shiny edited version!
How will I be able to tell the difference between which TNS is the old version & which is the new version?
Well my dear friend, aside from the obvious date stamps and the fact that one will say (DON'T READ or OLD VERSION) & one will just say The Necromancer's Secret, they will both also have different covers. The old version will have this beautiful creation, courtesy of Donadee (I'll need to ask permission to make sure this is okay, but i'm going to assume she'll let me first.)
& the new, rewritten version will be the beautiful one created by Prisim:
Why aren't you deleting the old version?
Whoa dude that's like 20k votes down the drain. (pretentious I know) but also, it's a testament to my growth. I think I should leave it up because that was about three years ago that I wrote it and I want it to prove to people that the more you write and the more you learn, the better you get.
If someone hadn't told me I was tagging dialogue wrong in that book, then I would never have learned how to tag dialogue.
I had a lot of fun writing it at the time. Obviously now I have a deep hatred for it, but truth be told, I grew SO MUCH just from having written it. And I want other young writers to be able to look at the old version (which does suck) & look at the new version and see how much I've grown and maybe it'll inspire them not to give up no matter how harsh some critiques can be.
If you keep writing, you WILL grow. Trust me. I've written five books and from my first (unposted) to my most recent, ID, I have seriously grown such a crazy amount that I'm excited.
I know have a LONG way to go to be anywhere near publishing material, but I have grown and that's important to me. Also, despite its overall suckiness, I did create characters that people actually loved, and that's not easy to do.
While I know Muffy has her flaws, I'm excited to write about her continual growth. ID was a huge game changer for her, and it makes me excited for the third book that much more.
Some writers seem almost perfect the first time (*cough*Daven*cough*) and some writers have super rough rough drafts (i.e. me), but my favorite thing about writing is the continuous room for improvement. I think that's what I want to represent. The fact that you can keep growing. Obviously ID wasn't amazing but the growth I had was.
That's my favorite part of being in any activity. From my freshman year of speech when I never broke to this last year where I got fifth at State, I have grown SO MUCH. And I love seeing myself improve and having to work for it. If I were super good at writing right away and didn't have much to strive for, I know I would have gotten bored of it and stopped.
So basically *Dory voice* Just keep writing.
NEVER EVER GIVE UP. If you see someone who is far younger than you writing better than you, don't let that keep you from writing. In fact let that drive you to get better!!
Like every time I read anything Daven (@starlightt) writes, I feel like such a loser because my stuff is terrible and juvenile in comparison.
But the thing is that you can't compare yourself to other people. Daven and I also have vastly different styles and have different backgrounds in writing I'm sure.
This is so weird writing about someone who doesn't know I'm writing about them. I texted her so I hope it's okay? If for some weird reason you're reading this, sorry??
So basically we're the same age but she is better than I could ever hope to be and every time I let myself get insecure, I think about that and I think about how much I've been growing. I don't let it get to me (okay maybe a little but she's basically a writing goddess and I'm a peasant so)
Don't let that discourage you. Don't ever let yourself feel bad because someone is better at something than you.
Especially with writing. The more you read and write, the more you will continue to grow.
Please remember that.
What are you changing in the new version?
Lol these aren't even real questions anyone has asked, but they're questions I'd imagine people would ask.
I am such a loser.
Anyway, I'm changing names like Mr. Siliver -> Mr. Stone (cause what the fuck is a Siliver)
& Fawn -> Freida (because why the fuck is she a deer??)
Also, I'm deleting minor characters, toning down on the whole WHY WON'T LEGACY LOVE ME bullshit, and developing the plot more so that it seems like the series is going somewhere, trying to tone down on blatant Harry Potter similarities (seriously I don't even notice them but people have literally commented "there are so many HP similarities, I don't even enjoy reading it" like okay sorry could you at least tell me what they are???)
Ugh but they're all unintentional aside from the obvious magic boarding school dealio.
Seriously I started reading the Seven Realms Series by Cinda Williams Chima and I've noticed so many unintentional similarities to The Wyvern's Tale and I want to cry.
Basically I'm just going to try and make it more MY OWN. Also I will make the Paul thing less of a surprise. I mean the whole Paul situation literally wasn't meant to happen (glad it did though) but I feel like I want to have it more there, even if it's subtle.
I will probably delete Mr. Fier bc he served the plot not at all
& I'll make the whole "WHOA YOU HAVE MAGIC???" crap from her parents more realistic. I mean Muffy *spoiler alert* effing died. So I'm gonna make her parents have more motive to keep her from magic and yeah.
I'm also trying to develop Tempest more because she's such a lame villain. Like she has no real motive. And so I've been writing things out and so I'm going to do that to make her more 3D & less 2D. Basically I'm going to make the story and characters better and more gripping.
Why are you rewriting it in the first place?
bc it sucks have you not been paying attention
I know mah clone has asked me this because she knows I never want to publish these books (EVER). And it's a legitimate question: Why bother? If it's going to collect dust on the interwebs and never even be sent to an agent or whatever, then why go through all the work?
Refer back to my spiel about improving. This series is continuing and I want people to read ID because I liked that story. & I want people to read the third and fourth book.
But I don't want them to read TNS. I really don''t.
I'm also doing this because it's my guinea pig for editing/rewriting so then I can see what works (and what doesn't) so that when I rewrite serious projects like WT and Ultimate Price (I've lost steam for this one, but recently I've been getting more inspiration) & Lineage (got lots of ideas recently for this one man), I'll be more experienced because those are projects that I WANT to publish.
Like I want to see WT in print and Lineage and Ultimate Price (retitled and shinier ofc). I don't ever want to see TNS in print on bookshelves.
A lot of it is all the HP similarities. It would end up defining me as a writer, and I don't want that to happen. It's like if the 50 Shades author decided to write something serious and something she was really invested in and that maybe didn't have sex in it, she'd be defined by 50 Shades and people wouldn't touch her new, more serious book as a result.
I don't want that to happen to me.
I'd like to have a hardcopy of TNS (new version) & ID (because the covers are beautiful) & also because that would be cool, but I wouldn't want them to be published in ANY FORM.
That being said, if you ever randomly see TNS or it's sequels on Amazon or Lulu or something that is not me. Please inform me and report it.
If for some reason I decide to (which I won't TRUST ME) self-pub these books, you guys will be the first to know. Otherwise, it's not me.
Okay that was really long and randomly inspirational in the middle there.
Okay thanks for reading should you have actually read it
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