You know how when you’re reworking a short story that has some real problems, you notice other things that aren’t related to the big problem, and you think, “Yeah, I’ve got to fix that, but it’s just a quick correction, I’ll do it later”? And then you get to it, and you start to make the quick fix?
Yeah, you realize it was a can of worms sitting there with only that one little worm tail sticking out to warn you.
Not only that, the more I pull on it, the more it seems to be wanting to unravel the reworking I just did.
Arrrrgghhhh!
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Arrgh. {{huggs}} I feel your pain, hon.
I keep telling myself, “It makes the story better, it makes the story better, it’s worth it if it makes the story better…”
Ouch. That was me last month. Good luck figuring it all out. There’s a reason I sometimes “retype” the story from the start because too many micro changes end up a mess no matter what.
Well, the other changes were even bigger ones, which is why this one looked small. I should have paid more attention to that niggling voice of my Editor trying to tell me that it was more important than it seemed :p
Ah yes. Know that niggling voice a little too well :).
I hate worms.