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[bluflamingo]

Some days, it really is a good thing to have (a) very good beta readers and (b) a tendency to finish way before the dead line.

Which is to say: I just cut around 40,000 words from my big bang fic in favour of totally re-writing the second part.

On the one hand, it probably won't take me another 40,000 words to do so, and I can recycle some of what I already wrote. On the other hand, oh my god, 40,000 words, and most of them are completely useless now.

And I thought it felt bad to cut 4,000 words from something.

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[domtheknight.livejournal.com]

But think about how awesome it will be! (Going to reply to your email soon, btw, but kind of taking it you are going forward with the general plan you outlined?)

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the email - I'm gonna think about some of what you said and work on it. Could I send you the revised version, from about the time Woolsey shows up, next week, probably towards the end?

I'm determined that there will be happy endings - I just haven't figured out how yet :)

[domtheknight.livejournal.com]

Yes, that will be fine. I am also open to partially edited stuff if you want opinions in progress.

Remind me what time you want it back/due dates and stuff again?

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

It's due July 14, so I guess I'd need it back about a week before at the latest. But the first about 50,000 words are staying pretty much as they are, so it shouldn't be too much completely new stuff.

[ninja007.livejournal.com]

That's.....big. REally...BIG.


So....

1. I can't wait to read it....and,

2. Is it going to have any John/Cam in it?

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

That's.....big. REally...BIG.

Yeah, it's kind of daunting!

Is it going to have any John/Cam in it?

Oh yes - they're one of the bits that isn't getting cut :)

[ninja007.livejournal.com]

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

[miss-zedem.livejournal.com]

Ooh, ouch. Still, good betas are worth their weight in gold, so if they think it's worth re-writing, and you agree, hopefully the end product will be that much better as a result...

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

Still, good betas are worth their weight in gold

They really are, mine are fab, and actually managed to pick out what wasn't working where I couldn't see it.

[dossier.livejournal.com]

That is a very scary number. Hack and slash is one thing, but that's kind of like burning down the house!

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

Hack and slash is one thing, but that's kind of like burning down the house!

Yeah - I get the point of cutting, but that's kind of alarming!

[carta.livejournal.com]

Dude, you wrote two big bang stories in one. Goodness. I would think, though, that the 40K you are cutting could be reworked into its own story down the line, y/n?

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

I would think, though, that the 40K you are cutting could be reworked into its own story down the line, y/n?

Maybe - it's an au though, mostly, so they'd only work as part of that universe. Such is life :)