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Originally Posted by Teresa Edgerton  Every draft I wrote, after the first two or three, I thought: This will be the second to last. |
Once again, you're bringing hope to the masses, Teresa (well, to one of them); I just keep redrafting. I often have interested parties saying 'Where are you now? But I thought the
last draft was the final draft?'. I'm happy that my editting/reworking is still adding value to the novel, so I'm content keeping at it (making time is hard, though).
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth I'm not fishing for compliments, after all, but trying to improve. If people read it and think it stinks, I need to know why. |
Definitely, Sephiroth, I agree. I think the worst reaction you can get from a test reader is a polite smile followed by, 'It's wonderful - I wouldn't change a thing.' There's not much you can actually
do with a positive critique, unless there's some negative in there too (and the more the better); if you can change all the stuff readers
don't like into stuff they
do like, without damaging the parts they liked straight off, you've got a pretty good novel on your hands.
P.S. Sorry, everyone, I seem to be constantly one entry behind with my comments!
