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A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Gud, that sounds great. Once you've revised, what's the next stage?
Well, life is already getting dull without a project. As soon as I've done the two short essays that are due for my evening class, I'm starting on the book project. I have twelve people interested in participating in my research. That's headed towards enough for a pilot study, especially since I've got more ads coming out in January editions of two little magazines. I think it's time to write a real research design.
The next stage is more revising!
Once I get done with this revision, I need to figure out any major changes I want to make, or beta readers have flagged as problems. Then I need to play of game of cutting out words, putting in new words and details, and lots of tweaking. However, I don't think I'll be rewriting everything like I'm doing now.
Gud, I've gotten way behind in reading your stuff. I've been saving everything you've sent me, and I'll read it and get you my thoughts but I suspect my critiques will not be very detailed. I hope that'll still be helpful to you.
Anything is helpful, thanks.
There is some pretty general stuff I've very curious about. Which characters seem to work and which don't, which plot events are too telegraphed, which clues to future plot events get picked up, lots of general stuff.
I can be general. I'll keep that in mind as I read.
I finished up 32 for now. 33, 34, and 35 all need some corrections, but are close. Then will come 36 which will take some work, it needs a lot of rewriting and it's a very different chapter.
Also, I'm having a hard time deciding on how to end 35. I have a character who is put in a certain death situation. The reader is going to know she's going to make it (because there is still more book left and there's really nobody to pick up the ball if this character bites it), but the how may be difficult to figure out (or maybe not, there's a clue, but I don't know how obvious it is).
Anyhow, I could leave off at the certain death point, or the point at which certain death is diverted but by a WTF moment that is also (hopefully) very intriguing.
Not sure which way to go.
Gud, if I were reading it, my preference would be for the WTF moment. I get tired of cliffhanger must die but not really stuff. The other would be more interesting.
That sounds like a good point and it's already written that way, which is another plus.