Elise (they/ them)🇦🇺🏳️🌈 on Nostr: #WritersCoffeeClub 28 Kill your darlings? Yes. Letting novels sit for a few months ...
#WritersCoffeeClub 28 Kill your darlings?
Yes. Letting novels sit for a few months before editing, then sit a few more months with beta readers, helps me realise some things I thought mattered may not be best.
There's ALWAYs too many characters for my betas (its epic fantasy -big cast).
And while my knowledge of ancient warfare (pikes, chariots as mobile archery platforms etc) is good and I find battle scenes fascinating, the average fantasy reader doesn't need QUITE that much detail 😉 .
Yes. Letting novels sit for a few months before editing, then sit a few more months with beta readers, helps me realise some things I thought mattered may not be best.
There's ALWAYs too many characters for my betas (its epic fantasy -big cast).
And while my knowledge of ancient warfare (pikes, chariots as mobile archery platforms etc) is good and I find battle scenes fascinating, the average fantasy reader doesn't need QUITE that much detail 😉 .