I've always felt nervous and self-conscious writing the first chapters to my series - there's so much to establish in terms of world and character!
The result is that those chapters have never felt as though they flow so well as later ones.
Apparently it shows - I've just had a great piece of editing from @Jennifer L. Carson on the start, pointing out areas for improvement, especially in terms of emotional engagement.
Perhaps the biggest problem with rewriting early chapters is that I've worked so often on them - because of the pressure to get them right - that I end up simply reciting them from memory.
Still, at least I have something to go on, and hopefully improve upon.
But the very first part of a story - opening it - still seems the most frustrating part for me!
The result is that those chapters have never felt as though they flow so well as later ones.
Apparently it shows - I've just had a great piece of editing from @Jennifer L. Carson on the start, pointing out areas for improvement, especially in terms of emotional engagement.
Perhaps the biggest problem with rewriting early chapters is that I've worked so often on them - because of the pressure to get them right - that I end up simply reciting them from memory.
Still, at least I have something to go on, and hopefully improve upon.
But the very first part of a story - opening it - still seems the most frustrating part for me!