Luly
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Emilie Autumn:
How was your process of moving the story from the hardback edition to the ebook format? How did you choose which aspects to prioritize, how to modify it and what to add or leave out? I'm very interested in your overall process of revising your story under this new perspective.
Emilie Autumn
Hello Luly! I think I just answered this in a question above by another reader, but I didn't want to ignore your question, and I wanted to thank you for being here and asking.
Oh! Something I hadn't mentioned in my previous answer was how difficult it was to re-format the book into something primarily text-based, and not entirely illustrated as the hard-cover was.
I had great insecurity about whether the completely graphical format was necessary to the story, i.e., could the story stand up for itself without the pictures.
After revising the text, and having the chance to edit the story for the first time (when the first edition came out I was completely isolated, there was no proof-reader let alone an editor—as many can surely tell!), I found that I actually liked reading the book as a simple text version! It's more thrilling, and more powerful, and makes its point much more clear (to me anyway).
In the new eBook, I've put in loads of graphics and puzzles and such, but the focus remains on the text, and I thing the story deserves that focus now:).
Thank you again, all my love,
~ EA
Oh! Something I hadn't mentioned in my previous answer was how difficult it was to re-format the book into something primarily text-based, and not entirely illustrated as the hard-cover was.
I had great insecurity about whether the completely graphical format was necessary to the story, i.e., could the story stand up for itself without the pictures.
After revising the text, and having the chance to edit the story for the first time (when the first edition came out I was completely isolated, there was no proof-reader let alone an editor—as many can surely tell!), I found that I actually liked reading the book as a simple text version! It's more thrilling, and more powerful, and makes its point much more clear (to me anyway).
In the new eBook, I've put in loads of graphics and puzzles and such, but the focus remains on the text, and I thing the story deserves that focus now:).
Thank you again, all my love,
~ EA
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