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Our hosts for February are J Lenni Dorner, Victoria Marie Lees, and Sandra Cox. (Yay, another Sandra!)
Here's our question this month: Many writers have written about the experience of rereading their work years later. Have you reread any of your early works? What was that experience like for you?
I'm one of those people who never stops critiquing her work. Whether I published something yesterday or ten years ago, it's inevitable I'll find something I'd like to change. That said, there have been times when I've reread a story or part of a story and been pleased with how well it held up, at least in my mind.
At some point, I would like to return to my fantasy Season Avatars universe, as I have further ideas I'd like to develop there (and two of my characters need an opportunity to get together). I'll definitely have to reread those books at that point to refresh my memory of the setting and the characters. Hopefully I won't cringe so much I abandon the project!
Feel free to share your thoughts about rereading your work in the comments.
6 comments:
It sounds like a good idea to rewrite earlier books before starting a new one in your series.
I would cringe. Hopefully you don't!
It's nice when we are pleased by what we wrote.
I can imagine that rereading to work on a new installment to a series can be very helpful.
That's what I'm doing now, rewriting an old story. It does take some time to get back into the characters/world, but it's been really fun overall.
Always fun to go back to characters from years ago.
Happy IWSG day! I'm co-hosting this month.
"A good book gets better at the second reading. A great book at the third." — Tyler DeVries
J (he/him 👨🏽 or 🧑🏽 they/them) @JLenniDorner ~ Speculative Fiction & Reference Author and Co-host of the April Blogging #AtoZChallenge international blog hop
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