George Lucas has been criticized several times for tinkering with the original Star Wars movies. He can’t leave them alone and he strives to make them better as the technology has improved over the years. Every time a new format is released, it usually includes some tinkering where Mr. Lucas has hoped to make the story better (see this from the Washington Post about his latest version: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/star-wars-has-george-lucas-tinkered-with-the-original-triology-again/2011/08/31/gIQANo2GsJ_blog.html)
In a way, I can relate to George Lucas. I spent the last four years or so working on my book, Called To Serve Again, and I think I can finally call it “finished.” It actually took about 18 months to write, but then the rest of the time was spent rewriting and editing. In all, I believe I made nine distinct rounds of editing from cover to cover. Granted, it was a learning process as I studied the art and mechanics of writing, and many of the edits were necessary to make the book readable. However, over time, my patient wife was becoming frustrated at all my tinkering. More than anyone, she would know, and above all, I think she wanted me to move on to other projects. Now, I would have to agree with her. Hopefully, it won’t take nearly as long to finish the next book(s).
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