[stylist] When pruning leaves gaps

[helene ryles]

Thanks Tamara,
I find I'm having to rewrite the whole of chapter 29 since it just
doesn't make any sense now I've edited stuff out, but on rereading it
the ideas had flaws in them anyway. It seemed a good idea at the time
but now seems a little silly and out of place. I think the new chapter
29 will be an improved version when I can rewrite it.

Do other writers get that, idea's that seemed good at first then you
go over it and think "Na, that doesn't work at all?"

Helene

On 12/04/2009, Tamara Smith-Kinney <tamara.8024 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Helene,
>
> Oh, yeah!  And I have also found that I will cut something, then forget to
> remove a reference to it in the dialog of another plotline, then, which I
> suddenly realize will make no sense to the reader...  One of the dangers of
> a long piece of fiction, I guess.  A time or two, I've caught instances of
> that happening in a book I'm reading, which is very confusing until it
> suddenly dawns on me what happened.  /smile/  Usually it's when a
> commercially popular sequel got rushed through editing.  So I guess we all
> do it.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Tami Smith-Kinney
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of helene ryles
> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 10:06 PM
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>
> I am still pruning away any unneccessary clutter from my novel. Some
> subplots can very neatly be cut out. At other times it seems that when
> you try pruning it leaves gaps.
>
> Has anyone else found that to be the case?
>
> Helene
>
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