I’ve had this Sci-fi/Fantasy novel series concept going in
my head for about 8-9 years. I know, I know...it seems like a monstrous chunk of time
(because it kind of is ^_^’).
But during college I didn’t have time to invest
in writing, and during high school I had no idea what I was doing. Case in point, I threw away the first 115 pages of my handwritten manuscript because it was
complete garbage. It took me ages just to write it…but trash is trash, and
trash doesn’t have a place in any novel of mine—uh, I hope not anyway. Long
story short, there were only two things that survived that initial purge: the
world itself and the characters.
If you’re saying ‘ouch’, my reply is ‘understatement’. It
was a worse-than-gorilla-tape-being-ripped-off-your-arm kind of ouch. But now, as I see my story finally coming
together, I’m outrageously happy I ditched the ‘original’ version…it’s SO much
better now. So. Much. Better.
