Brandon
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Raven St. Pierre:
Picture your "Free Falling" book series as a movie; What ideas, themes, or scenes were left on the cutting room floor or taken OUT of the published version? Do you regret removing or altering any of these? Are there scenes you would have like to change all together or explored deeper?
Raven St. Pierre
Gravity was the installment of the series that changed the least during the editing process. There were scenes added, but none taken away that I can think of.
Secrets changed a lot. There was a character who I added in when redrafting it. Also, in the original, Antonio met a different fate. Making what I'd written beleivable would've drawn too much of the readers' attention to the details of how that all panned out. In short, it took too much away from the main focus of the story, which was Sam and AJ's relationship. There was also a deeper storyline surrounding Mr. Hahn's financial troubles as well, but again, explaining that took too much of the spotlight off of Sam and AJ.
Exposed, Book 3, was COMPLETELY rewritten. Changing those three pivotal elements of book 2 (the fate of Antonio, Mr. Hahn's trouble, and the added character) made it necessary. In the original book 3, AJ was alone, cold, and completely immersed in his job. Sam was the one who was engaged. And in the end, there was no resolution between AJ and his father. However, when I redid this installment, I wanted to make sure that, emotionally, everything came full circle.
Looking back, there isn't anything that I regret adding or removing, because I was constantly reworking and rearranging the story until I was satisfied with it. As far as wanting to explore scenes deeper, I do sometimes wish I'd left a little wiggle room to add book 4 back in, although it would've had to be rewritten. I've toiled with the idea of giving Sam and AJ a novella in the future, just so readers can get a glimpse into the drama-free side of the life they built. If I do, it will be released sometime in 2015, but I'm not sure I'll do it. Part of me feels like Exposed said it all, but I've had quite a few readers email or inbox me, asking me to revisit Sam and AJ's story. While I think a full-length novel would be a mistake, I could see doing a short novella. :)
Thanks for asking! It gets my hopes up every time someone says they see this series as a movie. It's a wild idea, but stranger things have happened, right? LOL
Secrets changed a lot. There was a character who I added in when redrafting it. Also, in the original, Antonio met a different fate. Making what I'd written beleivable would've drawn too much of the readers' attention to the details of how that all panned out. In short, it took too much away from the main focus of the story, which was Sam and AJ's relationship. There was also a deeper storyline surrounding Mr. Hahn's financial troubles as well, but again, explaining that took too much of the spotlight off of Sam and AJ.
Exposed, Book 3, was COMPLETELY rewritten. Changing those three pivotal elements of book 2 (the fate of Antonio, Mr. Hahn's trouble, and the added character) made it necessary. In the original book 3, AJ was alone, cold, and completely immersed in his job. Sam was the one who was engaged. And in the end, there was no resolution between AJ and his father. However, when I redid this installment, I wanted to make sure that, emotionally, everything came full circle.
Looking back, there isn't anything that I regret adding or removing, because I was constantly reworking and rearranging the story until I was satisfied with it. As far as wanting to explore scenes deeper, I do sometimes wish I'd left a little wiggle room to add book 4 back in, although it would've had to be rewritten. I've toiled with the idea of giving Sam and AJ a novella in the future, just so readers can get a glimpse into the drama-free side of the life they built. If I do, it will be released sometime in 2015, but I'm not sure I'll do it. Part of me feels like Exposed said it all, but I've had quite a few readers email or inbox me, asking me to revisit Sam and AJ's story. While I think a full-length novel would be a mistake, I could see doing a short novella. :)
Thanks for asking! It gets my hopes up every time someone says they see this series as a movie. It's a wild idea, but stranger things have happened, right? LOL
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