In the middle of the night on the day before last, it hit me that a major plot arc in one of my stories need to be completely rewritten. So, all day yesterday I rewrote, deleting an entire character, changing a plot line, and alterng the meaning of one of the PoV characters dramatically. I was surprised at the ease with which I wrote out the character, normally I'm attached to them, but this went smoothly. I think the story benefits a good deal from the changes, not only is now missing an extra, irrelevant character, but the plot line is smoother, with a more coherent purpose. It's taken me a long time to be willing to undergo such major revisions to my work, but I've come to think of it as necessary to tell a better story.
Never be afraid to revise, edit, alter, change, and delete from your stories. I'd recommend saving multiple versions in case the new edit doesn't hold up in the end, with computers that's easy enough, simple to have multiple edits existing all at once. Pick the one that best tells the story, and go with that...unless it needs further revisions, of course.
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