Cut scenes from Ch 9

[archchic]

So, I'm working away, though slowly, on Ch 9 of AMOC.  I started and restarted three times before coming on a scene that felt right for the opening sequence, and it's 100% different than what's below.  Here are the two previous openings, in all their unfleshed glory...

First cut:
Despite Gaara’s warnings of the dangers of the desert, they reached

Comments

[kodukadvakch]

Hmm... I believe in the idea that no dropped scenes are bad; they just didn't fit with the story. Well, unless they were horribly written, or something like that, but I know you're a talented author who works hard to create something worth reading. Tidbits of stories, ideas that won't work, are all just 'deleted scenes' of a fiction.

The question here isn't whether or not you've done something right or wrong; it's whether or not you choose for that something to be right or wrong. You have to ask yourself: Where is this story going? Is it really relevant to add in all of the other characters' interactions? What will build on this story and advance it in a direction I want it to go?

You know, I read a book once on novel writing, and one thing really stuck out to me. All stories have a certain 'theme', and are written in a certain way. Some focus on character development (Like mine.), others on plot (Like a mystery.), and even some are meant solely for the purpose of describing exotic places (Lord of the Rings.). There's many other categories, but the purpose remains the same: What kind of story are you writing? When you find that out, you can begin thinking of ideas to advance on your fiction.

Is Tsunade and Sakura's mother/daughter relationship important in this story? If so, great! Add some more stuff with them interacting, though in a subtle way. If not, that's fine too. Same goes for the other people in the caravan. If YOU feel there is a need for them later on in the story, then keep writing little tidbits of what they're doing, also.

Just one more thing before I finish. The most important thing to remember while writing a story is to write it for your own purposes. It's fine for other people to pitch ideas, and help you, but if you don't want us to know what's happening between other characters behind the scenes, then we can just live with it! When you start writing a story for yourself, as if it were for your own personal pleasure, then it become easier and more exciting to create!