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Remastering/Remaking Pre-2023 Stories
2 years ago
Hi, so, I've found myself on yet another hiatus, it's from a little bit of burnout from doing a bunch of stories in a row. I still got a bunch to do, but, I need a breather.
I don't want my hiatus to be too long though, nothing near what was seen from me before, so instead of tackling the daunting task of writing new stuff, I'm thinking of going back and remastering/remaking my six stories posted before 2023. This, I feel, will get me back into gear for creating new content.
Now, what would a "remaster" even entail? Well, the older my stories get, the more... Amateurish the stories are written (specifically grammar, paragraph spacing, etc). Considering that 5/6 of these stories are part of a series of stories that I plan on expanding the world of, I want to have the readability of them be better.
But there is another word there. "Remake". See, those 5 stories have... Certain elements. Yes, the characters presented had always been acceptable to present in these situations... But said elements, I'm going to be honest, makes me deeply uncomfortable. I've already stated in previously that I'm going to stray away from elements for my future stories, but the issue is, most of these stories are setting up future stories that I want to make, ones that will be locked to those elements because of them.
So, how do I solve this? Replace those elements. It'd be something similar enough to where it won't drastically change most of the stories, while also just stepping away from the discomfort that is the former elements. I'm current doing research on these new elements, so I actually know what I'm writing about and so it doesn't seem like I painted new words over the old ones and called it a day.
Now, I'm going to go over which stories are going to be changed, and how they're going to change, in order of initially released.
-Losing the Bet: Desperately needs updates to readability, it was written in like 4 hours in a single morning and it shows. Also updating certain elements. Steph and Laurence will be a year older (19).
-November's Challenge 1 & 2: Readability, and updating certain elements. Amber and Cody will be a year older (19) too.
-Transfer Student: Readability, this one was insanely rushed because of just how much it had been delayed. This story has it's roots stuck deep in certain element, and cannot be changed without completely destroying it, so it will be staying largely the same (to my dismay).
-Hatterene's Gift for a Lass: Readability, the gym battle will also be drastically shortened, mainly focusing on the ending portion with Conica.
-Losing the Bet 2: Readability, plus any changes that would carry over from the first. May be based a year later (Spring 2020 rather than Spring 2019), though that I'm not entirely sure on, as it may have drastic consequences on the plans I have for future stories based in that world.
I understand there are issues with creators going back and making changes to their old work that people are already established with, but how they currently stand I am uncomfortable with, and desperately I want to change them before going forward with my work.
I'll be updating the existing posts for these stories to include the new versions. If you don't want to lose the current versions that are up, feel free to make your copies. I'll also have copies of the old versions available on the tier that includes the archive of everything on my Patreon.
I don't want my hiatus to be too long though, nothing near what was seen from me before, so instead of tackling the daunting task of writing new stuff, I'm thinking of going back and remastering/remaking my six stories posted before 2023. This, I feel, will get me back into gear for creating new content.
Now, what would a "remaster" even entail? Well, the older my stories get, the more... Amateurish the stories are written (specifically grammar, paragraph spacing, etc). Considering that 5/6 of these stories are part of a series of stories that I plan on expanding the world of, I want to have the readability of them be better.
But there is another word there. "Remake". See, those 5 stories have... Certain elements. Yes, the characters presented had always been acceptable to present in these situations... But said elements, I'm going to be honest, makes me deeply uncomfortable. I've already stated in previously that I'm going to stray away from elements for my future stories, but the issue is, most of these stories are setting up future stories that I want to make, ones that will be locked to those elements because of them.
So, how do I solve this? Replace those elements. It'd be something similar enough to where it won't drastically change most of the stories, while also just stepping away from the discomfort that is the former elements. I'm current doing research on these new elements, so I actually know what I'm writing about and so it doesn't seem like I painted new words over the old ones and called it a day.
Now, I'm going to go over which stories are going to be changed, and how they're going to change, in order of initially released.
-Losing the Bet: Desperately needs updates to readability, it was written in like 4 hours in a single morning and it shows. Also updating certain elements. Steph and Laurence will be a year older (19).
-November's Challenge 1 & 2: Readability, and updating certain elements. Amber and Cody will be a year older (19) too.
-Transfer Student: Readability, this one was insanely rushed because of just how much it had been delayed. This story has it's roots stuck deep in certain element, and cannot be changed without completely destroying it, so it will be staying largely the same (to my dismay).
-Hatterene's Gift for a Lass: Readability, the gym battle will also be drastically shortened, mainly focusing on the ending portion with Conica.
-Losing the Bet 2: Readability, plus any changes that would carry over from the first. May be based a year later (Spring 2020 rather than Spring 2019), though that I'm not entirely sure on, as it may have drastic consequences on the plans I have for future stories based in that world.
I understand there are issues with creators going back and making changes to their old work that people are already established with, but how they currently stand I am uncomfortable with, and desperately I want to change them before going forward with my work.
I'll be updating the existing posts for these stories to include the new versions. If you don't want to lose the current versions that are up, feel free to make your copies. I'll also have copies of the old versions available on the tier that includes the archive of everything on my Patreon.
