As I come to the end of Naniwrimo, I wanted to reflect on everything that's been happening this month.
I have, in fact, kept at it. And with one day to go I find myself on 49000/50000 words, meaning that I am likely to complete the challenge. When I first approached this challenge I had expected the rewrite to be fairly simple. There were parts of the original story I know I wanted to sort out or remove, but overall I had thought I wouldn't change much. I thought very wrong.
As it stands at almost 50,000 words, and twelve and a half chapters in, I would suggest that the majority of the story has now changed. In some ways quite fundamentally.
This isn't something I'm sad about. I like to think in the three and a bit years (Jesus it's been that long) since I started Infatuated my writing has improved a lot. When I started writing I had no plan and no real concept of what I was doing. Rewriting has allowed me to begin to fix some of the holes I've struggled to write myself out of in the second part Enamoured.
That being said, my original plan had been to update Infatuated with my rewrite, but I no longer think that is possible. So I guess I'm faced with two options. Uploading the new but vaguely similar content in the hopes that people want to see a second revision is a must. But I do not know whether to keep up the previous version.
People still read it, still vote on it, and I don't know how people would feel about me deleting it. I also don't know if people are willing to put up with what I view as the new and improved story.
So, if you are still here and around, please let me know your thoughts. While I do this primarily for me, I'd like to listen to the people who have found some enjoyment from this little hobby I've fallen into.
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