I wrote some time ago about editing my story Cassandra from early 2007, and I was actually in the process of doing so when I moved, forgetting all about it until I bought a new computer. Here on my new computer, I obviously didn't have the 'editing-cassandra' file, so I started over. With the strange process of re-writing the story paragraph for paragraph, I wrote my new version and posted it on SW as Cassandra (revised).
The first version of Cassandra features one of my own favorite plots, and I've always liked the story. It has also always been my most read and commented story, and it has for a long time been somewhere on the first few pages of top-all time SW popular stories. However, as many commentors said, the story was flawed, the layout was strangely messed up, and some parts of it didn't make sense. Even though I'm not entirely pleased with the new version either, I think it's a definate upgrade, and I hope people will read it, even though they read the first one. In time, I hope to be able to re-write it again, perhaps even in the way I've always wanted, making it a much longer story.
The first Cassandra was the 67 463'th story posted on SW, and Cassandra (revised) is number 348 700! I've posted about 86 stories in between the two versions, and more than two and a half years have passed! In the meantime, the story also grew more than 300 words. Hopefully, the added experience has made the story better, and will make it even better in the future. I still think the story holds up, and is still somewhat original, and I hope it'll stay that way.
Thanks for reading =)
(My next project? Maybe I'll try to revisit some other old stories, perhaps 'The beauty of a witch' or 'Purgatorial Pain')
