Dylan Madeley

With the preface that I only share this knowledge in case any of it is interesting to you, and not really the relating of any universal method, I noticed one stylistic tendency in this old-project edit that shows how things have changed. I'm doing much to move the text over to my new way.

And I even hopped into the elder's head, once, which had no precedent in the scene; a 3-person head hop. Rheb should also be forced to speculate about *that* man's motivations; expecting him to hold something back to his advantage when helping his own son negotiate with a frighteningly powerful man.

With the preface that I only share this knowledge in case any of it is interesting to you, and not really the relating of any universal method, I noticed one stylistic tendency in this old-project edit that shows how things have changed. I'm doing much to move the text over to my new way.

What will be asked by the elder and his son? What does Rheb fear the response will be? We only know from the end of the previous scene that Maximian can easily guess they will ask something of him, as could anyone, and we have witnessed him being snippy and impatient. What will he do regardless?

With the preface that I only share this knowledge in case any of it is interesting to you, and not really the relating of any universal method, I noticed one stylistic tendency in this old-project edit that shows how things have changed. I'm doing much to move the text over to my new way.

Emperor Maximian & his war party are invited to camp by a clan elder and his son, who have in exchange offered a boon related to the war party's mission. We already suspect an ulterior motive from the previous scene. I chose to present this from the perspective of his adviser Rheb, a main character.

With the preface that I only share this knowledge in case any of it is interesting to you, and not really the relating of any universal method, I noticed one stylistic tendency in this old-project edit that shows how things have changed. I'm doing much to move the text over to my new way.

This book in its 2020 form (whether that was indeed the final or just the last of which I kept a copy) often carries two perspectives/characters whose thoughts you can read per scene. While the head hopping presents clearly *who* you're reading at a given time, I just don't do it that way now.

With the preface that I only share this knowledge in case any of it is interesting to you, and not really the relating of any universal method, I noticed one stylistic tendency in this old-project edit that shows how things have changed. I'm doing much to move the text over to my new way.

The further I get into this editing project, the more I wonder whether the only edition I had backed up of my novel at the time of my moving to Ingram Spark was not really the final edition. Fortunately, this book has not been a fast seller, and I should have it edited and reuploaded in a few weeks

I keep much better track of my newer works. I even have editing repositories of the latest few, to show my work. But all projects prior to Prince Ewald the Brave have messy record-keeping and/or occurred 2 to 3 computers ago. I have since made a great effort to organize everything.

One of those nights where work is over, and I'm not too wiped to check out Ground Control if I think friends might be there.

Four chapters into a 17-chapter edit and I am already satisfied that this was a good idea. It will take some reformatting to make it all fit within a comparable page count, but this kind of edit won't involve adding scenes. That word count is already dropping, which will help.

One simple edit which has nothing to do with the words is the choice to turn the map art sideways and let it expand to take up as much of its page as possible. I do not appear to have the option to make it any larger than this in Atticus, but I feel it is a considerable improvement.

Four chapters into a 17-chapter edit and I am already satisfied that this was a good idea. It will take some reformatting to make it all fit within a comparable page count, but this kind of edit won't involve adding scenes. That word count is already dropping, which will help.

Today, I embarked on an editing project of my oldest currently available release: "Alathea: Goddess & Empress". This will not be a full rewrite/rename/re-cover project of the scale as "The Last Gift-Knight" or the next release which is a yet to be titled remake of "The Crown Princess' Voyage".

So if I open it up as it currently is and think "This prose needs improvement," then I should do something. But the challenge here is to keep almost everything about the story the same except for the manner in which it shows and tells.

Today, I embarked on an editing project of my oldest currently available release: "Alathea: Goddess & Empress". This will not be a full rewrite/rename/re-cover project of the scale as "The Last Gift-Knight" or the next release which is a yet to be titled remake of "The Crown Princess' Voyage".