Ember to Ember (Sequel to Volunteers)
OK, so here's the beginning of a sequel to Volunteers (the fic written for hds_beltane). Any suggestions will be received with gratitude. Particularly suggestions that have to do with cutting stuff out :)
Thanks millions to scrtkpr, for wonderful beta. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Chapter 2 will be heading in your direction soon, I hope.
Title: Ember to Ember
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Thanks millions to scrtkpr, for wonderful beta. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Chapter 2 will be heading in your direction soon, I hope.
Title: Ember to Ember
( Read more... )
Oh, no actually you were very helpful! I seriously couldn't take anything out, but you pointed out some repetitions and irrelevancies and stuff that really didn't add much. Thanks!
I was working on that very thing with my own fic yesterday and was thinking of you as I struggled. I was thinking about how if I showed it to someone else, they'd probably say, "I love that! Snarky banter, can't have enough of that!" But I didn't feel like it was adding to the story or taking it the direction I wanted it to go. Or it was distracting from the most important points. Or something.
Yeah, it's tough. Especially when you don't know where the other person is going with something, and don't know what little thing seems irrelevant and easily dropped but may actually be an important plot point.
I tend to just make suggestions anyway and figure if it's important, the author will just ignore me and keep it in :)
Anyway, I was thinking, maybe you could e-mail me an outline of sorts, and explain your thoughts on where you want this story to go, what you want to focus on? Then I might be able to, at times, actually say something like, "This is brilliant and I love it, but it is bloating your story, so save it for the DVD remix." ;)
Heh - yeah, good idea. I think I'm almost ready to send ch. 2. ::crossing fingers::
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