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There are three aspects to consider: The plot The characters The writing If you want to know if the project is worth pursuing at all, read the entire thing from scratch. Furthermore, read it an...
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2019-12-13T12:00:05Z (almost 5 years ago)
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2019-12-08T02:10:00Z (almost 5 years ago)
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There are three aspects to consider: - The plot - The characters - The writing If you want to know if the project is worth pursuing at all, read the entire thing from scratch. Furthermore, read it and try to pretend you aren't the author. Now: - Do you like it? Do you like the premise? When you're done, do you want to know what happens next? - Do you like the characters? Do you care for the people you've been reading about? Do you understand them? Do they feel real? - Do you like how it's written? For the most part, does the prose work? If you enjoyed the story as a story, and not as _your_ story, then it's worth fixing. If you hate the construction (the writing), break it back down into an outline, save the few sparkling sentences, throw it out, and start over. Yes, it will be a lot of work. If writing were easy, people would take up poetry for a summer job instead of flipping burgers at McDonald's. If you don't like the plot, write up detailed studies of your characters and find something else for them to do. Throw out this book and write a different one. If you don't like the characters, figure out what the original purpose of the story was and tell it some other way.
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2012-01-25T01:03:55Z (almost 13 years ago)
Original score: 9