katie
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Emilie Autumn:
Hi Emilie! I've just started reading the e-book. It's been a while since I have read the original, but I know you said there are a lot of changes--so I'm excited to see what's coming! How did writing the e-book differ from writing the first edition? How did you decide what changes needed to be made?
Emilie Autumn
Hello Katie,
Thank you for being here, and thank you VERY much for reading the new book!
Yes, it is a very different book indeed, and I think you will enjoy the changes;).
To answer your question, the eBook is certainly based off of the original, so it wasn't a completely new story, but the way in which it is constructed is quite different, far more sleek, with lots of unnecessary bits cut out, and lots of new and very exciting bits added, and yes, with bits put in that I was honestly afraid to write down before.
How did I know what changes to make? Well, I simply asked myself what I wanted the reader's experience to be, after having all of this time to evolve since the first edition came out. I wanted to tell a ripping good story, which I thought I had, but I had also learned so much about storytelling over the last 8 years, largely by performing for all of YOU live on stage. I learned what makes you laugh, what makes you cry, when something is too long, too much, not enough, and I also was heavily affected by the book moving in the direction of becoming a live stage musical/film. I wanted certain scenes that the original book hadn't shown, and I knew now which scenes didn't add to the real story and perhaps even took away from the excitement and momentum.
The resulting new version is, I believe, a far superior literary work, and I also believe it is even more magical than the original, more honest, and more bold. It also delves more into the love story between Emily and Veronica, and this was very, very important to me.
Thank you for reading the story, I enjoyed explaining this!
~ EA
Thank you for being here, and thank you VERY much for reading the new book!
Yes, it is a very different book indeed, and I think you will enjoy the changes;).
To answer your question, the eBook is certainly based off of the original, so it wasn't a completely new story, but the way in which it is constructed is quite different, far more sleek, with lots of unnecessary bits cut out, and lots of new and very exciting bits added, and yes, with bits put in that I was honestly afraid to write down before.
How did I know what changes to make? Well, I simply asked myself what I wanted the reader's experience to be, after having all of this time to evolve since the first edition came out. I wanted to tell a ripping good story, which I thought I had, but I had also learned so much about storytelling over the last 8 years, largely by performing for all of YOU live on stage. I learned what makes you laugh, what makes you cry, when something is too long, too much, not enough, and I also was heavily affected by the book moving in the direction of becoming a live stage musical/film. I wanted certain scenes that the original book hadn't shown, and I knew now which scenes didn't add to the real story and perhaps even took away from the excitement and momentum.
The resulting new version is, I believe, a far superior literary work, and I also believe it is even more magical than the original, more honest, and more bold. It also delves more into the love story between Emily and Veronica, and this was very, very important to me.
Thank you for reading the story, I enjoyed explaining this!
~ EA
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I have an curious question regarding the riddles and ciphers. I hope I can explain myself correctly. By the time you reach a puzzle in the book that involves a riddle, should you know the answer? Since the riddles reference something in the story. For example, the swirl/wave one - is the answer "hidden" (or referenced to) before? Or is it better to read the book as a whole and then go back to solve riddles?
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