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Rose:
You know, I was really bad about that. I'd have a case of story ADD, get an idea, run with it...and then start posting. Then I'd forget all about the stories I'd been working on. I feel like I've gotten a lot better about it. When I started RMTW, I vowed not to let myself really do that till I finished it. Of course I slipped up and posted WOOMD, but I also know I'm sticking to that anyway cause I know exactly where to go with it and how it'll end.
I notice when I let myself focus on one solo story, I carry it through rather quickly (for my standards lol). And I also feel like my writing quality goes up. I used to be that writer who'd start stuff and never finish, and I don't want to be that writer anymore.
--- Quote from: mare on February 21, 2011, 06:53:13 PM ---I agree! It's not at all fair to the readers. I still am hoping one day Eboni will come back and finish Prisoners of War lol And Chaos will finish his sequel to Ground Zero.
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Yes to both...I also want Eboni to finish "The Question" and Marina to come back and finish YBS :(
mare:
Well, don't hold your breath for YBS lol or Eboni. :( They both have abandoned ship. What's worse is Maria has finished it in her head, or even in Spanish maybe? lol she's been done with it for a long time but hasn't typed it out!
I also notice when I wait to post things, the editing of my work is a lot better than when I post right away.
julilly:
--- Quote from: mare on February 21, 2011, 08:21:51 PM ---
I also notice when I wait to post things, the editing of my work is a lot better than when I post right away.
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Same here. Sometimes it means I get an opportunity to go through and flesh a chapter out, and maybe include something I'd forgotten the first go round. Other times it means I can pare a chapter down if it gets a little floofy. (yes, floofy)
mare:
yes! I agree about the floofiness. I always end up pruning my chapters, always! They seldom are posted how they originally turned out.
RokofAges75:
I agree, too. I usually like to wait a day or at least a few hours before posting a chapter, so I can step away from it for awhile and then come back to proofread it. I catch more of my typos that way, and I make more revisions when I reread it while I'm not still "in the moment." I like to make sure I'm not forgetting something, which I worry about when I churn out a chapter really quickly and then post right away.
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