Rewrite

[poliphilo]

There are things in the novel I'm rewriting that surprise me. Things I'd forgotten all about. Gosh did I write that? And some of them are things I wouldn't write now. It's not that they're bad in any way; they're just the product of a different mindset. I have turned into a different person in the two years since the novel was "finished".

It means that what I'm doing now feels like a collaboration. I gratefully accept these contributions from my younger self and incorporate them into the new structure. Hey, nice one, younger self- I wouldn't have thought of that!

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[queen-in-autumn.livejournal.com]

I know that feeling as well. . . And I've found that it can be difficult to re-write with my younger self, because sometimes our writing styles are different.

Sometimes she's a much better writer than I am now.
*sigh*

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

My earlier self likes things a little more flowery than I do today. It's possible the final result will seem like a patchwork, but I hope not.