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Okay, so the question I keep getting is: "Have you given up on Sex Magic?" The answer is both yes and no. No, I don't plan on abandoning it entirely. Yes, I'm frustrated with it/tired of it/don't want to deal with it.
The problem is, I started it over three years ago. I was a different person then, the boys were different characters then, and overall everyone has matured since 2005. Going back to a story that I no longer identify with, or enjoy, and whose characters are grossly out of proportion to how I view them now, is really difficult.
So, these past few months I've been slowly but surely touching up the story. I've reread the first six chapters or so and made a few small changes. Grammatical things, mostly. Sentences that didn't flow as smoothly as I'd like, weird imagery, and some fairly awful purple prose. I plan on doing the same for the rest of the chapters, and then going back and rereading everything again and making some rather larger changes. Those would be changes to the actual plot, things I now find silly or unnecessary, or that I think I handled poorly the first time around.
Now, you're probably thinking I'll make the story unrecognizable. That's not the case, though. It'll still be "Sex Magic", only I think a more mature and realistic version of it.
So, that's where I'm at with things at the moment. I forced myself not to take any classes for the summer semester, so for the first time in three years I've got a summer off. That means I'll have plenty of time to make the changes I think are necessary, and then hopefully begin adding to "Sex Magic".
The problem is, I started it over three years ago. I was a different person then, the boys were different characters then, and overall everyone has matured since 2005. Going back to a story that I no longer identify with, or enjoy, and whose characters are grossly out of proportion to how I view them now, is really difficult.
So, these past few months I've been slowly but surely touching up the story. I've reread the first six chapters or so and made a few small changes. Grammatical things, mostly. Sentences that didn't flow as smoothly as I'd like, weird imagery, and some fairly awful purple prose. I plan on doing the same for the rest of the chapters, and then going back and rereading everything again and making some rather larger changes. Those would be changes to the actual plot, things I now find silly or unnecessary, or that I think I handled poorly the first time around.
Now, you're probably thinking I'll make the story unrecognizable. That's not the case, though. It'll still be "Sex Magic", only I think a more mature and realistic version of it.
So, that's where I'm at with things at the moment. I forced myself not to take any classes for the summer semester, so for the first time in three years I've got a summer off. That means I'll have plenty of time to make the changes I think are necessary, and then hopefully begin adding to "Sex Magic".