Posted by: Amber AngelProgress on novella: deep edits
The sun is shining. It's a beautiful day in my corner of the world. And I'm chipping away at edits on my novella, CHASING RAINBOWS. It's going slower than I had hoped, but I'm used to writing stories of 50,000-75,000 words rather the novella size of 30,000. Angel Allana is probably chuckling since her stories are usually around 100,000 words.
This is a good editing review for me. I'm looking at every scene. First of all, does it need to be in the story? Then, does it move the story forward? Can it do double duty with another scene?
I'm also looking at every character. I tend to write a lot of secondary characters in my stories. No room for that in a novella. Subplots begone! And woe to the secondary character who tries to take over the main action!
Eventually I'll get down to making every word count. It's gotta be important or it doesn't go in. :)
So, readers and writers, please weigh in. Do you have any novellas on your "keeper" shelf? Have you read (or written) a shorter story that really stuck with you? Or did those stories get pushed aside by longer novels?
Anyone who comments will be entered in the next drawing (which I have been totally lax about doing--my apologies!) The next drawing will be May 14--nine months before the release of the Rogue's Angels' anthology, of which CHASING RAINBOWS will be a part. Production of this anthology will be picking up in a couple months. But I gotta finish the story first!
P.S. Goodies in this drawing will include hugs and kisses (of the chocolate variety!), a cute and cuddly stuffed Valentine's dog, a heart candy dish, heart candles...yep, we're celebrating Valentine's Day all year long until the release of the Rogue's Angels' anthology in February 2010!
The sun is shining. It's a beautiful day in my corner of the world. And I'm chipping away at edits on my novella, CHASING RAINBOWS. It's going slower than I had hoped, but I'm used to writing stories of 50,000-75,000 words rather the novella size of 30,000. Angel Allana is probably chuckling since her stories are usually around 100,000 words.
This is a good editing review for me. I'm looking at every scene. First of all, does it need to be in the story? Then, does it move the story forward? Can it do double duty with another scene?
I'm also looking at every character. I tend to write a lot of secondary characters in my stories. No room for that in a novella. Subplots begone! And woe to the secondary character who tries to take over the main action!
Eventually I'll get down to making every word count. It's gotta be important or it doesn't go in. :)
So, readers and writers, please weigh in. Do you have any novellas on your "keeper" shelf? Have you read (or written) a shorter story that really stuck with you? Or did those stories get pushed aside by longer novels?
Anyone who comments will be entered in the next drawing (which I have been totally lax about doing--my apologies!) The next drawing will be May 14--nine months before the release of the Rogue's Angels' anthology, of which CHASING RAINBOWS will be a part. Production of this anthology will be picking up in a couple months. But I gotta finish the story first!
P.S. Goodies in this drawing will include hugs and kisses (of the chocolate variety!), a cute and cuddly stuffed Valentine's dog, a heart candy dish, heart candles...yep, we're celebrating Valentine's Day all year long until the release of the Rogue's Angels' anthology in February 2010!
Your are right. I did chuckle. I wish I was as methodical as you are.
ReplyDeleteAlana
Methodical doesn't mean I write any faster, though, darn it!
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