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Rewrite Tag. Recommended that i redo this video by a patron: Cole. Thank you Cole. And it sounded
fun, so let's play the game. I think i have five rounds of this in this cup, so i made sure that
it was all my favorite books so that no matter what this is gonna hurt. Round one. All right,
Rage of Dragons. Take one from the top. Versus My Dark Vanessa. I don't know why i'm surprised. I
know these are my favorite books. Okay, it's fine. Everything's fine. Versus Rebecca. Well this is
rude. We have dark, heavy contemporary. Literary fiction? Probably literary fiction is the right
thing to call this. Literary fiction about a girl who is oh, it's a tough one. A girl, a 15 year old
girl who goes away to boarding school and gets involved in this love affair with her teacher.
We have the "then" where it's mostly portrayed as romantic then we have the "now" where we see
how incredibly traumatic it was because it's not, it's because... it's such a good story. It's so
difficult and it's so good. We have Rebecca, which is a thriller about a woman who falls into
obsession with a feller and he sweeps her way to his manner, but then from there we learn that
uh his late wife Rebecca; there's a lot of strange things around her life as well as her death and
well, it's gothic. It's a gothic thriller, so if you know anything about the sub genre then
you pretty much know the type of thing you're getting into. Then we have Range of Dragons which
is a fantasy. One in every thousand women has the ability to call down dragons. One in every ten...
one in every hundred men has the ability to turn into like this insane fighting machine.
It's set in a country where there's constant war and we follow the main character, Tao who's out
for revenge and trying to raise in the ranks of the military because of it. Fantasy, thriller,
literary fiction. This isn't even fair. They're not even the same genre. I'm very upset right now!
I can't hurt My Dark Vanessa. Okay, here's what we're gonna do. Okay, here's what we're gonna do,
here's what we're gonna do. I'm gonna hate every minute of this video.
I'm going to re-read My Dark Vanessa because it's too powerful and beautiful and i can't touch it.
Also it's wonderfully written. I really just don't have much that i can that i can critique about
this book. I'm going to re-write Rebecca which i know is a sin, but Du Maurier is an unbelievable
author, but Rebecca was one of her earlier works as i understand it and i recently read My Cousin
Rachel and i came out of that saying that My Cousin Rachel is better written than Rebecca,
but Rebecca is still the story that i prefer. So the thing with Du Maurier is,
she does these endings that are that have all the information you need but still leave you to where
there's so much discussion to be had about what really happened and it's brilliant the
way she does it! And i think she did it better in My Cousin Rachel than she did in Rebecca,
so i will re-write this, (but not me. I'm gonna make her rewrite it) as a more matured author
and have her redo the ending to her fullest ability later on in her career. It counts.
And then we're not going to talk about the last part of this tag because it makes me
sad. Round two. That was very painful. Oh i pulled two. Okay, we have Stormlight,
so i guess we'll talk about the first book. And Every Morning The Way Home Gets Longer And Longer.
and Wheel of Time. We have two big giant, massive fantasy books
which you really don't need to know much about because they're both very popular.
And then we have And Every Morning The Way Home Gets Longer And Longer. It's another
contemporary/literary fiction. It's a novella about a grandpa who is losing himself within
his dementia and then his uh, the father and the son... so the three generations... very emotional.
One of my favorite books, dagummit! I don't know what to do. I'm gonna re-read Backman.
I'm gonna re-write The Way of Kings. What are we gonna re-write about it? Um...
maybe the beginning can be a little bit tighter? We'll get rid of the four false beginnings,
which i really don't want to do because they're fantastic and i trust that they're all very
important. I mean, some of them have already proven to be very important. I hate this game!
I hate this game! Wheel of Time fans, please don't come after me! Round three!
Pride And Prejudice. Mistborn. I can't win. Lord of The Rings. Come
on! This sucks! Okay, we have two popular fantasy series, one of which,
i mean... and then Pride And Prejudice which is a classic romance/period piece.
What am i supposed to do with this? I will hate everything. I'm gonna burn this video.
What am i supposed to do with this? This is terrible! Okay, obviously Lord of The Rings stays,
so do i re-read it or re-write it? A lot of people would probably argue that i could just
cut certain sections of the world building, the travel, the poems, friggin tom's whole chapter...
and you're right that these things could technically be cut and the story would
still be phenomenal. I don't know what i would cut from Pride And Prejudice. What am i supposed to do
about Mistborn? Do you expect me to burn Mistborn? I think i have to. I haven't been given a choice.
I think i'm... this is terrible. I hate everything. I'm going to re-read Pride And
Prejudice even though i enjoy Lord of The Rings more than Pride And Prejudice. Lord
of The Rings, if we're calling it one big book which it was technically written as,
has sections that could be trimmed down. So we'll re-read Pride And Prejudice, re-write Lord of The
Rings and i guess i'm burning Mistborn. This is a terrible game. This is a terrible decision. I make
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the video. All right. This one's already fallen out twice so i guess i should do it. The First
Law. The Lies of Lock Lamora. Harry Potter. Okay, at least they're all in the same genre this time.
Two of my all-time favorite series. My all-time favorite childhood series along with Aragon
that still holds tons of nostalgia for me. What should i do? I don't want... ah okay! I know what
i'm gonna do. I got it, i got it, i got it. I know what i'm gonna do. I'm gonna re-read Lock
Lamora. We won't touch it. I'm re-writing (not i'm. I'm making joe) rewrite The Blade Itself. In
an interview i did with him recently he said that if he could redo The Blade Itself, he'd introduce
more plot into the first book. I agree. That would have been good, even though this book is still
amazing! A masterpiece the way it's written! More plot wouldn't hurt it. There you go, Joe. You get
to re-write it now. And we will burn Harry Potter. Done. One round that i was able to concisely
do. Round four. Peter Pan. The Outsiders. Emma. The Outsiders. A classic. You probably know what
it's about because you've probably seen the movie if you haven't read the book. Fun fact: I haven't
seen the movie, but i have read the book and it's wonderful. Emma. A classic comedy. It's another
Jane Austen book. Don't go into it thinking it's a romance. Yes, there definitely is romance in it,
but it is a comedy. Peter Pan. A classic fairy tale and also my favorite book of all time.
What should we do now? Here's the decisions that will... hey, three classics! They may be different
genres, but they are all classics. Here's what i'm gonna do. I'm not happy about it, but here's
what i'm gonna do. We're going to re-read Peter Pan because i'm currently re-reading it and i'll
never stop re-reading it. I love it more than most things. Re-write Emma to just condense a couple of
scenes. There's really not much re-writing that needs, that... nothing needs to be re-written,
but there's not much to do here but there are a few scenes that could be condensed.
And we know, i don't have to say it! Final round and then i'll be done with this game!
I don't know why i'm mixing them up. It's just those three. The Count of Monte Cristo,
Pet Cemetery, Beartown. Daggumit! Terrible game! Contemporary/literary fiction,
horror, technically i think that this is published as an adventure story but the book itself says
that this is a story of revenge. So anyway, there you go. Three books. What are we gonna do? I
oh, technically you could say that there are a few scenes that could be condensed in this too,
but i don't know. And then, what are we supposed to do? Oh no, oh no, oh no, i'm going to...
re-read, but then what would i re-write about Beartown? What am i supposed to do?
And i don't want to burn Pet Cemetery. What am i supposed to do? I'm going to...
this is terrible. This is terrible. This is terrible. I'm going to... no i still
don't know. Why do i keep starting that sentence when i don't know the answer?
This is terrible. I hate everything. I'm going to re-read Beartown. I'm going to
condense a couple of scenes in The Count of Monte Cristo and i'm going to burn...
this video. Everything. My life. Maybe my life. I hated this. That's the... there you
go. What have i done wrong here? Tell me in the comments. The answer is everything,
in case you were wondering. That's, that's it. Those are the final answers. That was the video.
I'd love to hear your thoughts why, but also what would you do differently? You're probably right.
I post videos every Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. I'll see you guys again soon. Bye.