Hi!
Now, before I start, I just want to say that yes, I do understand that I will edit my novel later on [When I'm finished with the manuscript] and probably cut and change a ton of things.
My question is about setting up your story. I'm writing the first novel in a series I'm planning for, and lately I've realized that parts of what I've written so far is somewhat ... not too related to the planned plot; what I mean is that I kind of feel like I've done a lot of setting up for the future of the story, maybe too much. I'm 250 pages in my manuscript, which, for me, equals 56000 words with the standard manuscript formatting.
So, how much "setting up" would you say is okay? I'm not that far away from the real start of the "real" story, but yeah.
EDIT: By setting up, I mean the first act (part of the three acts often used in screenplay, but also novels).
Now, before I start, I just want to say that yes, I do understand that I will edit my novel later on [When I'm finished with the manuscript] and probably cut and change a ton of things.
My question is about setting up your story. I'm writing the first novel in a series I'm planning for, and lately I've realized that parts of what I've written so far is somewhat ... not too related to the planned plot; what I mean is that I kind of feel like I've done a lot of setting up for the future of the story, maybe too much. I'm 250 pages in my manuscript, which, for me, equals 56000 words with the standard manuscript formatting.
So, how much "setting up" would you say is okay? I'm not that far away from the real start of the "real" story, but yeah.
EDIT: By setting up, I mean the first act (part of the three acts often used in screenplay, but also novels).
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