fic talk: back at it again

[sword_logic]

i'm re-editing part I of S11 au ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

that's it. that's the post.

i kind of had a feeling when i did the big edit before posting part III that i wasn't quite done with going over part I again (damn. that was very nearly a year ago.), and on a recent re-read of S11 au - someone had brought it up to me and mentioned something from part _, so i did a meandering re-read - i realized that i... did not do as thorough of a job as i should have, back then.

i made this post after finishing part II, and i feel just about the same about part I now that things have actually been signed, sealed, and delivered. reading through part I was jarring and honestly a bit embarrassing, at times. i could really clearly tell which parts had been edited already, which is just like... fallacy? paradox? whatever you call it, i know it stands out partially because i know i'm the one who did it. but regardless, i still did not like a lot of part I. in my current editing pass, i'm letting myself change literally everything. anything! nothing is safe. i've deleted whole ass chunks of dialogue.

on that note, when i got to the part that's quoted in the summary, i felt. hmm. obligated to keep it intact, i guess. even though the rest of the scene had already changed tone. but i think that's alright? i don't want to change the summary, not after it's been what it is for so long. in any case, it's really freeing to just hack away at this document and bring more things in line with the rest of the fic. i wonder how much my total word count is going to change at the end, or if i'm going to end up writing whole new passages as i go. who knows! i'm gardening by the seat of my pants here. it feels good and i'm glad that i'm doing it.