I've spent a long time working on my favorite novel, Beyond the Starport Adventure. I began the project in about 2013, took a break to write a dark sci-fi thriller, then resumed checking and proofreading / amending BTSA.
but...
I realise that I can never make BTSA as good as I'd like without completely starting again. I don't want to do this and instead plan to make it the best it can be before moving on to other things.
I just wanted to ask opinions on this. Someday, I hope that my writing will be popular enough that people may look back at BTSA and say "hmnn, I liked it but it was so flowery and verbose". I have sequels planned for BTSA and the writing style will be tighter and much less flabby. My voice will remain the same, but my writing will be (I hope) better.
Thoughts anyone? Are there any famous authors who have done something similar? Happy to hear!
best wishes
Richard
but...
I realise that I can never make BTSA as good as I'd like without completely starting again. I don't want to do this and instead plan to make it the best it can be before moving on to other things.
I just wanted to ask opinions on this. Someday, I hope that my writing will be popular enough that people may look back at BTSA and say "hmnn, I liked it but it was so flowery and verbose". I have sequels planned for BTSA and the writing style will be tighter and much less flabby. My voice will remain the same, but my writing will be (I hope) better.
Thoughts anyone? Are there any famous authors who have done something similar? Happy to hear!
best wishes
Richard