http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2005/12/02/second-draft-is-done/ musings, thoughts, and writings of Barbara W. Klaser Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:23:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.3-beta1 http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2005/12/02/second-draft-is-done/#comment-4879 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:25:52 +0000 http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2005/12/02/second-draft-is-done/#comment-4879 [...] Barbara W. Klaser completely re-wrote her second draft, even changing point-of-view characters. We’ve done that before. Quite dramatic changes can happen. [...] […] Barbara W. Klaser completely re-wrote her second draft, even changing point-of-view characters. We’ve done that before. Quite dramatic changes can happen. […]

]]> http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2005/12/02/second-draft-is-done/#comment-1346 Tue, 06 Dec 2005 23:10:40 +0000 http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2005/12/02/second-draft-is-done/#comment-1346 [...] To answer some of your comments, I’m much happier with the characters in this second draft, and I think they’ll continue to grow, which is imp [...] […] To answer some of your comments, I’m much happier with the characters in this second draft, and I think they’ll continue to grow, which is imp […]

]]> http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2005/12/02/second-draft-is-done/#comment-1332 Sun, 04 Dec 2005 17:32:59 +0000 http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2005/12/02/second-draft-is-done/#comment-1332 Congrats! When I wrote my extensive second draft, I had a blast. I had dreaded the chore, but was startled by the new places I went - especially with POV. Congrats! When I wrote my extensive second draft, I had a blast. I had dreaded the chore, but was startled by the new places I went - especially with POV.

]]> http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2005/12/02/second-draft-is-done/#comment-1322 Sun, 04 Dec 2005 04:01:20 +0000 http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2005/12/02/second-draft-is-done/#comment-1322 Zounds and egad! Rewrite on second draft. No mean accomplishment. Hope you are satisfied with it. If you are, we, your readers, will be, also. Zounds and egad! Rewrite on second draft. No mean accomplishment. Hope you are satisfied with it. If you are, we, your readers, will be, also.

]]> http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2005/12/02/second-draft-is-done/#comment-1321 Sat, 03 Dec 2005 21:09:38 +0000 http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2005/12/02/second-draft-is-done/#comment-1321 Yes, this must feel good! Do you have a trusted reader go through it as well? Yes, this must feel good! Do you have a trusted reader go through it as well?

]]> http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2005/12/02/second-draft-is-done/#comment-1320 Sat, 03 Dec 2005 19:03:15 +0000 http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2005/12/02/second-draft-is-done/#comment-1320 Excellent. T'is the season to complete novels. It is wrenching to finish a book isn't it? Almost like you have to suddenly step out of a world you've been spending so much time in. Leave it behind, return to reality. Wrenching and kind of sad. Excellent. T’is the season to complete novels. It is wrenching to finish a book isn’t it? Almost like you have to suddenly step out of a world you’ve been spending so much time in. Leave it behind, return to reality. Wrenching and kind of sad.

]]> http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2005/12/02/second-draft-is-done/#comment-1319 Sat, 03 Dec 2005 05:22:16 +0000 http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2005/12/02/second-draft-is-done/#comment-1319 Excellent! In this revision, how do you feel about the characters? Do you think they're as real with emotion as in Shadows Fall? Were any of the characters carried over from either of your prior works? Excellent! In this revision, how do you feel about the characters? Do you think they’re as real with emotion as in Shadows Fall? Were any of the characters carried over from either of your prior works?

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