I just read a good entry from Shawn, the guy behind the awesome Echo 47 story about revisions. Not surprisingly, he doesn't like them; but acknowledges that it's a necessary evil and part of the parcel of being a writer. Reading his blog brought a smile on my face, as I too dislike them but accept them as part of the writing process. Still, once a story is written it's finished. You finish it, hand it over to the likes of e-Quill Publishing and Bob's your uncle. At which point you watch the money pile up. If I wanted to do that, I'd probably circumnavigate my friend's small press e-publisher and plonk my stories directly. After all, others done it.
But alas, revisions are important and an integral part to writing; whether it be fiction, nonfiction or academic.
Case in point being my story, which started of as Iron Falls and (after a number of revisions and proof reads by a select group of Beta Readers) has evolved into Iron Falls: The Enemy Within. The story is my pride and joy, but that's true for everything I've written, and had thought that it was the next best thing since sliced bread. A fellow writer reviewed it, and basically suggested I rework bits and pieces or be laughed at (or something along those lines). It was a move encouraged by my publisher.
So, for the last month I've reworked my story and sent it to a select group for a beta run. The good news, they liked the revisions and yet still pointed out a few snafus that need fixing. Not that I'll be doing any today, as Wednesday is generally time out and am going to see Fast Five with a good friend of mine and lunch.
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