Not going to hit you - actually somewhat cheered by the thought that it might be a sign of progress. As much as I can be cheered, in the brain numb state I'm in, anyway.
Some of it will definitely be kept kicking around. At least one thing that is getting pulled is actually not terribly written, it just /won't work/ in any way. Which makes me a bit sad, because it's not badly done, considering when it was written.
Neil Gaiman is totally right and that is why a lot of this is like pulling teeth. I mean, part of it is because it was written over several years, part of it is I just didn't know what I was doing, but a lot of it was because I was just writing whatever short stories without thinking much about the final product. The /last/ chunk of stuff, mostly written in the last half of last year, fits together much better and will hopefully kick my ass less. I'm pretty sure I /can/ turn it into something resembling an actual real novel, but, man, it would have been a lot easier if I'd known that when I /started/ instead of when I was almost done.
Some of it will definitely be kept kicking around. At least one thing that is getting pulled is actually not terribly written, it just /won't work/ in any way. Which makes me a bit sad, because it's not badly done, considering when it was written.
Neil Gaiman is totally right and that is why a lot of this is like pulling teeth. I mean, part of it is because it was written over several years, part of it is I just didn't know what I was doing, but a lot of it was because I was just writing whatever short stories without thinking much about the final product. The /last/ chunk of stuff, mostly written in the last half of last year, fits together much better and will hopefully kick my ass less. I'm pretty sure I /can/ turn it into something resembling an actual real novel, but, man, it would have been a lot easier if I'd known that when I /started/ instead of when I was almost done.
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