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subplots, sex scenes, and chasing your MCs up trees and throwing sticks of dynamite at them
And I'll post pics of the new hairstyle either tonight or tomorrow -- I'm getting highlights this afternoon.
I dunno, Cat. I just wrote, and made shizzle more complicated. And went back and deleted crap and started over, and on and on til I hit 88k.
I have 6 main goodies, 3 main baddies, and some dragons though. Large casts help. I'm always getting sidetracked by someone's wangst.
I have 6 main goodies, 3 main baddies, and some dragons though. Large casts help. I'm always getting sidetracked by someone's wangst.
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Good plans. thanks
I think my problem is being limited to a single view point in a very short space of time.
it's cool, I will just find more shit to heap on the protag, yes?
I think my problem is being limited to a single view point in a very short space of time.
it's cool, I will just find more shit to heap on the protag, yes?
I limited my NaNo to two POVS, 2 MCs, 2 sidekicks and 2 villians... It's doable with a small cast
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yeah one POV is kinda limiting.
I know of writers who do 1 pov and manage to crank out much more, but I have no desire to describe clothing in detail or have extended sex scenes that serve no purpose
ets: i ahve a big enough cast, but the one pov keeps it fairly tight with what's happening.
I know of writers who do 1 pov and manage to crank out much more, but I have no desire to describe clothing in detail or have extended sex scenes that serve no purpose
ets: i ahve a big enough cast, but the one pov keeps it fairly tight with what's happening.
THREE DAYS... is first person, and takes place in a short space of time (duh, three days). I got it to 100k by just what you said: heaping shit.
Every action will have a result--always go for the hardest result, the one that pushes the MC's goal even further away. Do whatever will make their life harder.
Utilize your supporting cast. Are they doing something off-screen that will come back and affect your MC in chapter twelve? Even if the s.c. isn't on-scree, doesn't mean they can't be doing something that affects the plot.
Yeah, me either. So write plot, not fluff.
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I think my problem is that i write bare bones. oh well, we'll see what the betas say.
Thank god for them.
Thank god for them.
Bare bones? I take it you've never read James Ellroy? L.A. Confidential is one of the sparest, barest-bones book I've ever read. And it's still an 800 page doorstop.
L.A. Confidential is one of the sparest, barest-bones book I've ever read. And it's still an 800 page doorstop.
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Aww, didn't mean to do that.
Actually, the book is well worth a read if you like crime fiction.
Go forth and heap the shit, I say.
Actually, the book is well worth a read if you like crime fiction.
Go forth and heap the shit, I say.
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It's a space opera: takes place in a war between asteroid miners and Earth-bound government. The war, sometime late in the next century, is about water rights (but that particular item isn't actually in this story--it is in other stories in this collection, however, so it's pertinent, I guess). This story is a novelette (or maybe a novella--I can never keep 'em straight--it has about 12,500 words). It features an enlisted soldier who is tapped to go on a special mission. To tell any more would be a spoiler.
Do your work, Kct. If you're still interested when spring break arrives, lemme know.I'd actually love to, P, but I just started skool again today. Wish I had known about it in the last few weeks. I had absolutely nothing to do. Now I've got a metric shitload of nonfic to dig through.
See comment to ktc above.
I wrote a novel, once, that came in at 265,000 words. I did it in fewer than 6 months. And boy, were my fingers tired. No, actually, it was entirely too easy. The hard part (still before me) is to trim the damn thing down into two 80-90k-word stories. It has a giant cast (20 or 30 named characters), and several POVs. Many sub-plots. Lots of action. The whole story takes place over some 20 years, but the main plot occurs in just a few weeks.
Most of the stories I write that take place in short time periods (such as the one I'm asking for beta readers). I'd be leery of piling on non-critical (to the story) stuff just to meet some desired word count. Have you considered that perhaps your story isn't a novel after all?
I like single POV stories. I like multiple POV ones, too. Of course, if the thing is written in First Person, you have just the one POV. If in close third person, you still have the single POV, generally, but you also have the opportunity to narrate stuff the POV character isn't a part of (be very careful doing this).One POV? I tried that for NaNo. Didn't work out so good
Sure. Just make sure it doesn't stink.
Thanks JK.
And Pthom, you signed off before sending my email. Dire.
Thank goodness this Putney book is awesomesauce. That and the rain let off so I could ride the monster-child outside for once. I feel a bit better...
And Pthom, you signed off before sending my email. Dire.
Thank goodness this Putney book is awesomesauce. That and the rain let off so I could ride the monster-child outside for once. I feel a bit better...
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