I've never written a novel. Every time I try I get scared by the length and by the idea that I have to stay with these characters and by home OMG hard it will be to keep them busy.
Hence, I stay with short stories. My natural length (0 draft) is about 4-5k. Mostly because I'm still having issues with conflict. I'm just not that great at putting more than one obstacle in the character's path. And I don't want them to fail at resolving them.
I really need to just sit down and write a whole bunch of stuff that will NEVER be published [or at least with the idea that it won't be] wherein there is just conflict, conflict and more conflict.
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Date: 2004-08-20 09:47 am (UTC)Hence, I stay with short stories. My natural length (0 draft) is about 4-5k. Mostly because I'm still having issues with conflict. I'm just not that great at putting more than one obstacle in the character's path. And I don't want them to fail at resolving them.
I really need to just sit down and write a whole bunch of stuff that will NEVER be published [or at least with the idea that it won't be] wherein there is just conflict, conflict and more conflict.
Zhaneel