For those who don’t know, IWSG is a group where people can share their writing struggles and offer encouragement and support to other members. To sign up, click here.
This month, the co-hosts who are helping IWSG’s founder, Alex J. Cavanaugh, manage this great group are… Tamara Narayan, Patsy Collins, M.J. Fifield and Nicohle Christopherson. Do be sure to pop by their sites and thank them!
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So it’s March now, is it? Seems ages since I last vented my insecurities to a wider audience. I’m not doing too bad. I am averaging a thousand words a day, an average I hope to continue throughout this month.
Now IWSG posed a question and that is: Have you ever pulled out a really old story and reworked it? Did it work out?
I suppose my very first published novel, The Rogue King , could count considering how many times I rewrote it after its initial draft way back when I was twelve. Did it work out? I think so, it became a series somewhere along the line and still isn’t complete.
There are other pieces waiting in the wings for me to turn my attention to. I plan on attending to those pieces after In Pain and Blood. One is a sequel to Dark One’s Mistress that needs quite the overhaul. As for the other… I’ve not yet decided what becomes of the old short story once I pick at its bones. We’ll see how they turn out.
Aldrea Alien 
“I’ve not yet decided what becomes of the old short story once I pick at its bones.” So vivid! It’s exactly what happens when reworking and rewriting a story 🙂
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Yup! I’ve been down that path a few times.
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Wow, you wrote your initial draft when you were 12 and then turned it into a book. That’s really cool! I wish I had started writing at such a young age.
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Yeah, it wasn’t until much later that I was able to turn it into the story it is now. I really needed to grow a bit more to handle the subject.
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I did start a novel when I was twelve, but it was terrible–some kind of V.C. Andrew’s rip off. But hey, somebody’s making money doing that now!
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The first version of TRK was eye-gouging terrible. I think it’s still kicking about somewhere. *shudder*
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Averaging a thousand words a day? That’s awesome! Keep going and good luck to you! 🙂
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Thanks. 🙂
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Sounds like those stories are persistent! Glad you stuck with that first story.
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All of them are (I’m currently neck-deep in one because it just won’t shut up), but the old are ones are terribly guilt-inducing.
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We can’t really know until we jump in and start trying to revise it. Unfortunately, only after putting in some significant work do we often realize it’s just not going to happen!
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Took me seventeen years to publish the first part of TRK saga. But I’m a very stubborn person.
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Hi, Adrea! I’m not sure if my first attempt at commenting went through or not. I’m in awe of the fact that you took out a manuscript you wrote when you were twelve and turned it into a published book! Way to go! Good luck with your writing this month!
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Thank you. 🙂
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It does sound like your journey is a lot like mine, The Rogue King vs my Thanmir War. 😀 I’d say The Rogue King turned out very well.
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I’d say the same about Thanmir War.
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