[Elentari]

same here. Blast it.
Any chance of a new chappie?

[Aerin]

Alright, Now, I may not have things to post here, but I do have files full of original fiction that I am invested in, and have sent to a publisher or two all with the same advice written nicely on a letter,

Your Idea is excellent. You need to look at the thing as a whole, and delve deeper in places.

Read: you are hopelessly shallow, and have wasted my time but there may be a start in all this mess...

If you've made it to the end of a story, which is a victory in itself, I would do just what the nice editor told me. Look at the story as a whole. and see what you can do to make it more whole. I look at it like a garden, prune too much, and it could take years to grow back. Over plant, and you may just look gaudy.

In the words of Mr. Miagee (Karate Kid ) "find balance."

That is my only advice until one of the damn things I've written gets a cover on it.
(on an emotional note:)

Don't just chuck it into the bin, there is time and effort on those pages! That means something!

[Viv]

[Andreth]

If you're drastically revising it, I'd pull it and start all over again. I understand the hesitancy to lose precious reviews, but if you're doing a significant amount of work to it, I think it'd be better just to start from scratch. I was 33 chapters into a story and had a few reviews on it, nothing spectacular, before I decided that the story was just crap. I salvaged what I could and basically started over, so I figured it best to delete the old story completely and start anew since the old story really wasn't applicable any more.

Mostly I did it for me because it gave me the feeling of having a clean slate and being shed of a story I wasn't completely happy with. Although I do have to admit, it was very painful to delete it, even in its crappy form, because I'd put a lot of work into it. But I still think it was the best choice for my situation.

Anna
*who is now going to have to find time today to re-read sneaky Viv-i-an's older chapters of Dawn Twilight.*

[SpaceWeavil]

[Leilana]

I don't know about you guys, but I reread stuff all the time. I think its because I have such a small brain, and I read so much, that I ferget parts of stories! I'll come across something and ba like 'I liked this...what was it about again?!' I may not even notice it has changed, unless there is a great part missing, or a great part added... Oh well! Oh and two comments...Viv you snraky fox you! And Beebs I want MHP2 with twinkies!