My task is to combine the two versions, keeping the most valuable parts from each. I feel that it is vital to leave in the Victorian London section to give readers a sense of how destitute Daisy was. I also feel I need to leave in the sister-brother relationship, one that is put on hold for five years, but is renewed. I also feel like I need to leave in the introduction which features Daisy in the kitchen with her granddaughter baking butter tarts. The location is Niagara Falls, a city known by both Canadians and Americans alike. If I want to cater to the American market, I need to keep this paragraph. I do like my appeal to the five senses in the second version. I also like the timeline. If only I could condense my older version just a bit more. Back to the drawing board I go.
"History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies." (Alexis de Tocqueville)
Sunday 23 June 2013
Revisiting My Manuscript
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