So guys, you know how it's always said that the first novel you write is a learning tool. How many of you have ever revisited it once you've got a book published, and then ended up selling it?
As I wait for my second manuscript to be judged by the editors, I don't know whether to continue on a new project or return to the first and give it a shot at being published. I don't have any extensive rewrites in mind as I'm more or less satisfied with the story. I'd just need to tighten the writing, and strengthen the voice.
So I guess as a source of inspiration, I'm asking for success stories for first novels, and as a source of warning, I could do with a few stories of how going back to a first novel never panned out. And of course if your first novel was the first book you got published, then share that as well.
As I wait for my second manuscript to be judged by the editors, I don't know whether to continue on a new project or return to the first and give it a shot at being published. I don't have any extensive rewrites in mind as I'm more or less satisfied with the story. I'd just need to tighten the writing, and strengthen the voice.
So I guess as a source of inspiration, I'm asking for success stories for first novels, and as a source of warning, I could do with a few stories of how going back to a first novel never panned out. And of course if your first novel was the first book you got published, then share that as well.
