I keep switching between my og and rewrite while im rewriting because as much as i hate the og, it still has some good moments.
Like in the rewrite, there's play fighting but thats mostly it. Then i look over to the og one and i see-
Bff doing her best to try to keep the mc safe, bff rambling off how she could get the mc a safer job when the mc doesn't want anything else then their current job. Its what they had always dreamed of, they don't want to be baker or a cashier. Their happy with their job, but the bff cant understand that because the job the other does is one the elders dont approve of.
LIKE YEAH I LIKE THE REWRITE BUT LIKE THE OG? THAT GOT DEPTH. IM KEEPING THAT SCENE BECAUSE IT SHOWS OFF THE MC AND BFF'S DIFFERENT VIEWS SO WELL.
Its not just "you should be a baker" its "Your not safe out on the ocean, you should be a- like a baker or or.. A cashier! It would be so much safer, nothing could hurt you!" And the other isnt just "i like the waters" its "I feel more at home when im abroad a swaying boat. Feeling free while watching the waves crash against the hull, the way the light relefects on the waters is more beautiful than when the light shines from behind the leafes on a sunny day."
The biggest reason im even rewriting is because i accidentally made the mc extremely childish in some scenes, like to the point i had to rewrite the whole scene just to fix the interaction.. idk how i did it when that same writing also made one of the best and heartaching moments within all my wips just few hundred words before