Dragaera

Re-reading

Mon Jun 28 05:09:42 PDT 2004

On Mon, 2004-06-28 at 09:54, Howard Brazee wrote:
> I'm curious:
> 
> 
> Steve - how often and extensively do you re-read your books when you are  
> preparing for or writing a sequel?

Not as often as I should.  But rereading them can be quite painful for
me.  On the other hand, it can also be fun.  I'm doing it now, and
discovering that YENDI doesn't suck as much as I thought it did.  The
voice, at any rate, is just where it should be for the most part.

>     Do you take notes about pieces that  
> you figure are important to this book, or are you just re-creating the  
> environment you want to be in while writing the new book?
 
I sometimes take notes as I things pop up that make me go, "Hey, that's
right.  I did that.  I could play with that," or, "Hmmm...I'd forgotten
I said that; how am I going to get out of THIS one?"