Now into the craziness of re-writing *gulp*. I've done so many things differently this time around. With The Arrival - as I didn't actually consider publishing it in the beginning - I read it constantly. It was great fun to do, having never written a novel before. With Awakening I've read through sections but not the entire thing. I know how many times I'll read it whilst re-writing and I don't want to dislike it too soon (we all get to that stage, it passes but for a while you despise it ;p). With The Arrival I wrote in a straight line time-wise. From beginning to end.With Awakening I wrote … [Read more...]