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I wrote a draft for a story a couple years ago. After a few attempts to get people to read it I realized that no one could really get past the second chapter so I ended up rewriting the entire thing, keeping the character but setting the book about half a year earlier and putting together a plot that was originally going to be back-story.
This draft of the book was finished as a NaNoWriMo project last year, finished in mid December at 85,000 words. I've kind of let it sit since then, making small edits and posting it to some writing sites, but it seems that I am having the same trouble again with readers getting past the first couple chapters.
It's a bit of a long story, but the question comes down to whether or not I should just look into revising the draft, or rewriting it again with another idea I've been considering. I am really not good at editing and revising, I have troubles figuring out what shouldn't be and what should be. It's easier for me to just rewrite a complete other story, but always doing that I'll never get anything finished.
I'd love to get some advice on this: To revise or rewrite.
This draft of the book was finished as a NaNoWriMo project last year, finished in mid December at 85,000 words. I've kind of let it sit since then, making small edits and posting it to some writing sites, but it seems that I am having the same trouble again with readers getting past the first couple chapters.
It's a bit of a long story, but the question comes down to whether or not I should just look into revising the draft, or rewriting it again with another idea I've been considering. I am really not good at editing and revising, I have troubles figuring out what shouldn't be and what should be. It's easier for me to just rewrite a complete other story, but always doing that I'll never get anything finished.
I'd love to get some advice on this: To revise or rewrite.