Look Both Ways
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 11:16 pm
This needs a few words of explanation. About two-and-a-half years ago I wrote a deep sinking story, and got so carried away with the characters, I ended up with a monster of 18,000 words. Still, it was well-received.
The problem is that the characters became totally real to me, and I started to expand on what I'd already written, possibly with a view to turning it into a novel of sorts. This proved impractical, mainly because the ending was such a neat ending (well, I thought so) that carrying on the story seemed unsatisfactory. Nevertheless, I still had an expanded opening section approaching thirty-five thousand words. I've spent the last couple of days cutting it back, but it's still over 26,000 - and if I try to cut it any more something in me rebels.
So here it is. You have been warned.
The problem is that the characters became totally real to me, and I started to expand on what I'd already written, possibly with a view to turning it into a novel of sorts. This proved impractical, mainly because the ending was such a neat ending (well, I thought so) that carrying on the story seemed unsatisfactory. Nevertheless, I still had an expanded opening section approaching thirty-five thousand words. I've spent the last couple of days cutting it back, but it's still over 26,000 - and if I try to cut it any more something in me rebels.
So here it is. You have been warned.