There are stories to keep them a special love, stories at the time I enjoyed writing and those who felt he had taken a step forward, he had done something other than what he had done until then. They are stories that I feel proud. Recently I remembered one of those old stories, I thought I could do something with it, I wrote some five years and at the time seemed very well then, a few days ago, I re-read.
The rereading was a big disappointment as I looked so good. We saw so many bugs that suddenly did not know where to start to tweak. It was not just prose, that more or less can be arranged, also found flaws in the structure, a introduction too long, an abrupt end, the story is unevenly takes to boot and then flows too fast.
rereading one hand this has made me see that I improved in the last five years, then committed errors now do not comment that I was not aware of things now If I look, on the other side has made me discover that one of my favorite stories is not as good as I thought. That happened to me before. I reread my stories like that. I do not like to reread anything I do, when I terminated I forget and do not look again, because if I do I can not help further tweak.
; Chirico
And in this case felt it was worth, that the basis of the story was a good idea and could tweak and improve the text, I thought about trying, but the story as it stands has its way, is what I was five years ago and rewritten as a whole would be betraying what I wanted to do at that time. Some things lose their meaning, but the only way I see it, it's funny but there are things I've actually found with the perspective that gives the time and that once I had not realized that he had gotten into the story. Every story we write is part of us, what we are, what we have been. Velázquez repainted the legs of their horses, details, but not the whole picture.
If you are wondering what I did at the end, I retouched. I have been unable to leave it as it was. I have not made major changes, despite the temptation to delete entire paragraphs to lighten the principle I have not done, I tweaked the prose, some elements not convincing me. The characters do not have touched, are the most important part of that story. I tried to improve the prose of the story trying to remain as I was five years ago, but surely if he had rewritten now I have done very differently.
I think today I had not written because there are things that have changed, I'm not the same.
Reread one of your old stories is like looking at yourself in an old photograph, you look and do not quite acknowledge fully. Try to remember, not always what you get. I tell myself that I was. I was. I define.
I've never had problems with touch-up, in rewriting, redoing whole story. If I'm not convinced I do not mind giving many turns. And yet, in this case was felt that the touch that story I thought I was betraying perfect myself. Perhaps because it really was perfect for five years, although it is not now.
Sometimes it is better not to reread, and keep reminding the perfect story.
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