Selysin Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 I liked it. The last line was a bit confusing, but I assume there's a greater context I'm not aware of. The last line is the subject of authorial flip-flopping on whether or not the boy's name should appear in this sequence, further complicated by the fact that his name isn't overly masculine. It appears to be a trade off between showing Elone's guilt/awareness of him and confusing everyone with the sudden appearance of the boy's name, Grace (short for Grayson). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 7th draft of the novel complete at 113,000 words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.T. Phipps Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 70K finished on my second fantasy novel, WRAITH KNIGHT. Final stretch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selysin Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Inspired Quill is open for submissions until the end of August if anyone's currently looking. The submission form is here, you don't need an agent and they'll take most genres (but the usual caveats about reading the submission guidelines apply). Now that my duties as a loyal(ish) minion are done I can get back to writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnar of Skagos Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 The last line is the subject of authorial flip-flopping on whether or not the boy's name should appear in this sequence, further complicated by the fact that his name isn't overly masculine. It appears to be a trade off between showing Elone's guilt/awareness of him and confusing everyone with the sudden appearance of the boy's name, Grace (short for Grayson). You could always give him the nickname "Gray" instead, if you're looking for a more masculine short-form. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Inspired Quill is open for submissions until the end of August if anyone's currently looking. The submission form is here, you don't need an agent and they'll take most genres (but the usual caveats about reading the submission guidelines apply). Now that my duties as a loyal(ish) minion are done I can get back to writing. Cheers. Now to knock 5k off... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selysin Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 You could always give him the nickname "Gray" instead, if you're looking for a more masculine short-form. :) I've considered it but it doesn't really fit him and I've been calling him Grace for five years now, I might just pull his name from that scene and save it until we meet him properly and the Grace-Grayson correlation can be explained. Cheers. Now to knock 5k off... 5k in one month sounds doable to me, Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EruditeFool Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 5k in one month sounds doable to me, Good luck. It's definitely doabale. At my absolute best I was knocking out a chapter a week (each chapter was 1500 to 2500 words). Problem is, I can't keep that momentum going all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Writhen Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 I can do a chapter a week but only once every like two months. Don't know why... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 To clarify - I wasn't talking about writing 5k, I was talking about cutting 5k from my existing work to get it under the word limit. I've already cut 3k these past days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.T. Phipps Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 To clarify - I wasn't talking about writing 5k, I was talking about cutting 5k from my existing work to get it under the word limit. I've already cut 3k these past days. That's always extremely hard. However, THE RULES OF SUPERVILLAINY was considered mediocre by all of my beta-readers when I first wrote it. Then I cut about 5,000 words and jumped straight to the action. Quite a few reviews have mentioned they liked skipping the "origin story" element and jumping to the action. So yeah, the key to writing is not just creating but learning how to delete, I've found. I STILL struggle with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnar of Skagos Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 That's always extremely hard. However, THE RULES OF SUPERVILLAINY was considered mediocre by all of my beta-readers when I first wrote it. Then I cut about 5,000 words and jumped straight to the action. Quite a few reviews have mentioned they liked skipping the "origin story" element and jumping to the action. So yeah, the key to writing is not just creating but learning how to delete, I've found. I STILL struggle with that. Don't we all. :P I'm currently working on a re-structured introduction to my novel, because I'm about 30k in now and none of the action has even started yet. Gotta figure out the best way to speed things up in the most logical and satisfying way I can. The thing is I LOVE all of the events that need to happen in order to set up the novel but they have dragged on for far too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 That's always extremely hard. I find the reverse - cutting is easier than adding. I'm a better editor than I am a writer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnar of Skagos Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Found a way to access the time spent in a Word document. Interesting to see how much time I spent writing my first draft. A lot longer than I had previously thought. EDIT: 666 posts :devil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centrist Simon Steele Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 So I am revising a book I wrote and it's around 60,000 words. Is that too short? Should I add 10,000 words or give it a go? I kind of like the length but most things I've read said books should be around 70,000. It's a horror novel. Vampires and stuff. I don't think it needs to be super long or anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selysin Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 So I am revising a book I wrote and it's around 60,000 words. Is that too short? Should I add 10,000 words or give it a go? I kind of like the length but most things I've read said books should be around 70,000. It's a horror novel. Vampires and stuff. I don't think it needs to be super long or anything. Well Inspired Quill takes books over 55k but it'll depend on who you're submitting to, adding 10k only works if you have 10k worth of plot to go with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoë Sumra Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 So I am revising a book I wrote and it's around 60,000 words. Is that too short? Should I add 10,000 words or give it a go? I kind of like the length but most things I've read said books should be around 70,000. It's a horror novel. Vampires and stuff. I don't think it needs to be super long or anything. Sailor to a Siren was originally 65K. It went to 86K with the addition of another layer of disasters. I'd consider 60K to be a bit light for adult fiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centrist Simon Steele Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Sailor to a Siren was originally 65K. It went to 86K with the addition of another layer of disasters. I'd consider 60K to be a bit light for adult fiction. Well, it's not kids fiction. Unless I cut all the F bombs. Then it'd be like 10,000 words. So that won't do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnar of Skagos Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Don't add words just for the sake of a word count. Consider expanding the plot a little bit, and if your novel really doesn't need it, send it to some publishers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkess Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 My last manuscript was 63k, and I am pretty sure that was the reason I had almost zero success querying. So if you're trying to go the trad route through an agent, I wouldn't recommend trying with 60k. For small presses or self-pub, sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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