Was it hard keeping in line with yourself, so to speak?
No, believe it or not! I did a lot of mental composition and revision before I sat down to commit it to "paper", and always re-read what I had already written first. That helped me get back into the proper voice again (I mean, really....no one actually talks like that!). It helped, too, that I always knew where I was going: I wrote the ending first (beginning with HH's offer and Bush's refusal), then the beginning, and then had to figure out how to get there. Sometimes the inbetween took me into unexpected avenues, but the goal was still intact.
I think you gained momentum and confidence as the work progressed, but there's no great discrepancy between parts, which is an achievement in itself.
Thank you! I feel that I learned a great deal in the process. There are definitely some 'cringeworthy' bits that I should go back and fix, especially in the beginning. Most of my work lives in a continual state of editing, but fixing the rough parts of RA is something I haven't tackled yet.
No, believe it or not! I did a lot of mental composition and revision before I sat down to commit it to "paper", and always re-read what I had already written first. That helped me get back into the proper voice again (I mean, really....no one actually talks like that!). It helped, too, that I always knew where I was going: I wrote the ending first (beginning with HH's offer and Bush's refusal), then the beginning, and then had to figure out how to get there. Sometimes the inbetween took me into unexpected avenues, but the goal was still intact.
I think you gained momentum and confidence as the work progressed, but there's no great discrepancy between parts, which is an achievement in itself.
Thank you! I feel that I learned a great deal in the process. There are definitely some 'cringeworthy' bits that I should go back and fix, especially in the beginning. Most of my work lives in a continual state of editing, but fixing the rough parts of RA is something I haven't tackled yet.
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