Illusion chronicles: my notes and thoughts during the actual editing of Illusion.


20 September 2003
afternoon

Wai! I'm really editing Illusion! I'm just starting on Chapter 1: The Bet. It'll still be along the same lines of the previous premise of the story; I'm just going to change some things... erh... that's not too clear, is it?

Maybe it has something to do with a change in writing style? I don't know, I think my writing style's changed somewhat.

Gods when I read my earlier works, I just want to cringe and hide in a small corner and be forever forgotten by everyone. I felt I was that bad.

Hmm... maybe I should go to that mentor thing and have them look over what I've done so far.

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I got rid of some of the vernacular terms. It'll be a bit different reading it again without the liberal use of the vernacular terms but, they're not going to be that gone from the story.

I'm going for one person's perspective at a time, usually Anna's, but I use other POVs as well when it calls for it.

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I'm actually using *~*~* to separate the story into parts. It was someone who reviewed my RK story who said I should use some sort of visual separating technique instead of just increased spaces in between paragraphs so it'll be a bit more clear to the readers.

It's night and I'm at Chapter 2: The Courting Process.

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I'm stopping at Chapter 2 for now, but I've finished it. I am so sleepy, and my eyes hurt. It's turning out quite well. I've made the changes, and I just have to remember the continuity of it. The change that I kinda like was in the kiss. Nice.

I'm planning on finishing the first editing on through Chapter 14, then doing a secondary review and final revision, then save it as html and finally posting it!

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21 September 2003
evening

Wai! Chapter... erh... 4... Chapter 3 gets a new title: Repercussions of Knowing. Chapter 4 is still as yet untitled.

I've reworked the chaptering of the story and it's driving me batty. I saw the file size of chapter 2 and it was huge, considering. Gods! So now, I'm cutting and pasting, editing, reworking, adding, deleting... erh, editor work.

Tiring, but enjoyable, as I get to immerse myself in the story once more. Who knows? If I get into a roll here, I'd probably start writing this again!

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Oh man... I think I've got the chaptering down, so far. I have no idea how it'll be with the other chapters, as some of them are quite long, and I might need to chop them up a bit somehow. I won't know until I get there so I'll just not worry about them.

So far, I've re-worked some scenes between Faye and Russ, and they're cooperating wonderfully.

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Okay, major change: Anna and Faye move into the former's sister-in-law's apartment early on in the story, not later.

Why? Because I want to.

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Right, apartment model I'm going with is my friend's Kelvin's actual apartment when he was here. Last I heard, he's been sent to China by his mother, and I still have no idea if he's back or not.

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Ringtone: Sakura Saku. When and if I find my hard copy of it, I'll put it up here so you can see how noisy and boisterous it is.

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Eep! Major revamp in the offing!

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