Status Update: Rewrites and Editing
Hey everyone!
I wanted to post this little update on the status of the fic just for some clarity. While I certainly do a lot of edits and tweaks here and there with stuff I have already posted, I started doing a much more significant one recently as I realized I was almost entirely done with Robb's chapters for Volume 1. It started out as me wanting to just finalize Robb's chapters and get a bit more consistency and flow between them (effectively finalizing them so that I never have to touch them again). Then I noticed a couple of other chapters bugging me, then I realized I've actually had my timeline messed up this whole time and started realizing I was doing a few things wrong when considering how the story develops going forward.
The plot itself isn't going to be changing a lot, so rereads aren't required, but my goal has just been to improve on the story itself and make it more compelling. I've tweaked around with the way Robb's campaign plays out and changed up the Prologue ending just a little bit, which are two of the most notable changes. Within Robb's story plot-wise (I'm not going to hold anyone in suspense), the biggest changes are:
1. I added a bit more to Robb's campaign and added a few more battles while he's in the west, and created a little subplot of Robb turning the northern half of the Westerlands into part of his kingdom.
2. I swapped out the underdeveloped dynamics with the Lydden family that didn't go as far as I hoped they would with a more consistent dynamic involving the Farman family. You'll start to notice a few Farmans popping up.
3. Robb takes the Golden Tooth, rather than Deep Den, and the battle that takes place at the Stoney Sept is replaced by a riot instead.
4. Doing a lot of heavy reworking on the whole bit with Sarwyn, to the point that I will likely end up just making that into its own chapter (which is probably the only one that I think would need to be reread among Robb's chapters).
5. Baby Joanna is actually a couple of months old at the start of the fic, rather than a newborn like I initially depicted her (which is part of the timeline mess up that I just now realized).
The bulk of the changes otherwise are more dynamic based, such as an extension of Robb and Melantha's conversation in his first chapter, and internal consistency as well. I just felt like I hadn't been doing a good enough job with developing some things and so I wanted to make sure that they were being properly developed, hence the rewriting.
By the end of this, likely every chapter excluding the Geralt and Francesca ones will be seeing some slight tweaks (though some of them, like the Walder and Jon chapters will only see some minor touchups), and two new chapters (potentially a third) will also be posted within the previous order, and I will likely be adjusting my chapter order a little bit. I expect Rosamund, Loras and Joanna's chapters to all probably see some changes too, but I haven't even really started on those yet.
Finally, I will be posting most of the rewritten chapters in bunches, rather than all at once. Even still, the flow from chapter to chapter might feel awkward if you go from a finalized chapter to a non-finalized one, so I wanted to add in a list for status on the updated chapter. Posted, Finalized means that it's done and has been rewritten, Finalized means that it's not changing, In Progress means that I'm probably going to have it done with my next update, Unposted means I'm a little ways off.
1. Prologue
Rewrite Scale: Major
Status: Posted, Finalized
2. Jeyne I
Rewrite Scale: Major
Status: Posted, Finalized
3. Rosamund I
Rewrite Scale: Major
Status: In Progress
4. The King Who Lost the North (Robb I)
Rewrite Scale: Major, Finalized
Status: Posted, Finalized
5. Walder I
Rewrite Scale: Minor touchups
Status: Posted, Finalized
6. Joanna I
(Expected) Rewrite Scale: Major
Status: In Progress
7. The Unworthy (Robb II)
Rewrite Scale: Major
Status: Unposted
8. Rosamund II
(Expected) Rewrite Scale: Major
Status: Unposted
9. Jon I
(Expected) Rewrite Scale: Minor touchups
Status: Unposted
10. Walder II
(Expected) Rewrite Scale: Minimal
Status: Unposted
11. The Unbeaten (Robb III)
Rewrite Scale: Major
Status: Unposted
12. Loras I
Rewrite Scale: Major
Status: Unposted
13. The Dishonored Man (Robb IV)- New
Rewrite Scale: New Chapter
Status: Unpublished
14. Jon II
Rewrite Scale: Minor touch ups
Status: Unposted
15. Jeyne II- New
Rewrite Scale: New
Status: Unpublished
16. Myrcella I
Rewrite Scale: Minimal
Status: Unposted
17. The Wounded Warrior (Robb V)
Rewrite Scale: Major- likely to be split
Status: Unposted
18. Geralt I
Rewrite Scale: None
Status: Finalized
19. Jon III
Rewrite Scale: Minor touch ups
Status: Unposted
20. Rosamund III
Rewrite Scale: Major
Status: Unposted
21. Geralt II
(Expected) Rewrite Scale: None
Status: Finalized
22. The Strayed Son (Robb VI)
Rewrite Scale: Major
Status: Unposted
23. Loras II
Rewrite Scale: Major
Status: Unposted
24. Geralt III
Rewrite Scale: None
Status: Finalized
25. Myrcella II
Rewrite Scale: Minimal
Status: Unposted
26. Francesca I
Rewrite Scale: None
Status: Unposted
27. Jon IV
Rewrite Scale: Minor touch ups
Status: Unposted
If you want to follow along with the status here, I will be updating this on Fridays around midday US Central Time, but I cannot make any promises.