Is it a bit silly that i've decided to end my story at just over 50,000 words? I mean, the girl is narrating it (well, most of it) and she's telling the over-all story and it sort of ends on a cliff hanger... like if I did another story to it, it would carry on. You'd get to see what happened next. I just... I just worry i'm ending it because it seems I don't know how to carry on, ending for the sake of ending. And I do know how. I just don't want this story to be a one off, if that makes sense.
I'm making myself dizzy.
I'm going to be adding parts to the rest of the story, so I was thinking if I play it like i've finished the ending, and edit now, then I know the length of the novel will be a lot longer. Am I rambling? I am, aren't I?
Every book in a series has to have it's own plot arc. The next book doesn't just start where the last one ended. That's why you can't just take a 250,000 word novel, divide it into three books, and call it a trilogy.
It's all about the feel, though. The reader has to feel satisfied when they finish, not like they've been cut off.
I need to write. gah. I'm putting it off.
I know what you mean. I need to work on line edits so I can move on to other important things. Instead I keep finding other things to do.