Actually not strictly true - began to re-write almost as soon as I put down the phone after Agent's call last week, but today is the day I am beginning it properly, following her helpful suggestions.
First problem - she described the opening of the novel as "a bravura opening" - so why change a good thing? On the other hand - it isn't the opening for the new version of the novel. So perhaps I had better keep some of the text for the incident in the art gallery, only put that later in the book - closer to chronological order... decisions, decisions. I feel that this will be a tricky time, which is why I am writing this, not that.
First problem - she described the opening of the novel as "a bravura opening" - so why change a good thing? On the other hand - it isn't the opening for the new version of the novel. So perhaps I had better keep some of the text for the incident in the art gallery, only put that later in the book - closer to chronological order... decisions, decisions. I feel that this will be a tricky time, which is why I am writing this, not that.
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