17 Authors thoughts

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As some may know I was indisposed for a few months but during that time I never stopped thinking about the Chris, Mia and all the adorable characters in the novel.

I used the many ideas to work on a rewrite of the story so that everyone can enjoy it even more :).

The first thing I experienced in the rewrite, was how hard it was to change the "beginning."

And most importantly I wrote in a reason for people to follow Chris. This is one of the most recurring comment I read in the first draft. "Why are they following him?"

They did have a reason actually, but I should have gone a bit farther.

Right now people currently follow Chris because of the royal garment. Some people think that this is not enough but I believe it should be. The royal garments are just like a crown. It might merely be a symbol as it can be stolen, lost or taken away. But what is important is what that symbol represents.

Here the Royal Garments represent the Goddess' approval and for the weary survivors this means "hope."

Right now those survivors are clutching onto that hope for a better future.

They might be following the clothes for now, but if Chris does a good job, they will soon follow the man!

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After working on the characters it was now time to work on the events.

Changing introductions and details of characters is fine and all, but it is not the most noticeable thing.

Events, on the other hand, have a considerable impact on the story and timeline.

Rewriting the events was a little easier. I had new ideas I had to implement, and I had things I wanted to change and remove. The toughest part was to keep things logical and avoid inconsistencies between the new stuff and the old stuff I did not change.

This is a simple example, but I am sure you can see how it can be a problem for more important things.

But this was easily fixed.

Rather than doing a shoddy job of just changing bits there and there. I rewrote almost every single word in the novel.

This meant I progressed chronologically, and this meant everything was fresh in my mind, as if I was writing it for the first time (since that was basically what I was doing!).

This made it easier for me to connect the different new events with the old ones and to change anything I wanted.

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I have some ideas that I can wait to write in. It's actually itching me to keep that stuff a secret for now!

A new Qidian week starts today so please remember to live a vote ;).