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Q&A I want to start writing again: original project or new one?

I think, it fairly depends on how much you "remember" your original story. For instance, when I do battles in X-Com: Long War with long breaks, it usually results in a gigantic mess-up with destro...

posted 7y ago by Mephistopheles‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:58:37Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Mephistopheles‭ · 2019-12-08T06:58:37Z (almost 5 years ago)
I think, it fairly depends on how much you "remember" your original story.

For instance, when I do battles in _X-Com: Long War_ with long breaks, it usually results in a gigantic mess-up with destroyed SHIVs and corpses of my best soldiers littered everywhere. But that's just an anecdotal evidence, as it can be just as much the fault of those aimbot-using Thin Men, or the endless swarm of Floaters.

So, try and see, if you can continue it, but if that doesn't work out, you still can create a new story, that keeps some elements from the original.

For instance, the original (leaked) Half-Life 2 was much more different than it's released version, out of which, many contents were cut, including the entire Half-Life 3.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-09-03T20:05:32Z (about 7 years ago)
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