Plenty of Changes

Edits on The Resurrected Thief are coming along nicely. I'm about 1/3 finished. However, the biggest thing for me is all the re-writes. I don't mind doing them. Sometimes they can be enjoyable. It just takes up a lot of time as you try to smash together the original concept and the new ideas, or just do everything over from scratch.

The structure of The Resurrected Thief and the entire series has undergone some changes since I started writing. First, the ending is completely different. Same villain, but a new resolution. It works better within the overarching themes, which have also changed slightly. Plus, there a few scenes which are down right terrible. Two men talking about college times while a mummy attacks? Not good at all!

I also have a tendency to write scenes out of order, and then reassemble into the first draft. Rewrites fix all those awkward and clunky transitions. In the end, the entire book is a much better read. 

If I didn't spend all that time rewriting, the final book would be long winded and jarring. No one wants to read something like that.