Just shoot me.
So, I've started the outline process for the first "short story" I want to write for my version of NaNo.
Dude, I could get a novel out of this. No lie.
I have mentioned, have I not, that I'm not a novel writer? Honestly, I'm not even really sure I want to write novels. There's the whole soul-sucking agent hunt that goes with traditional publishing and it takes way too long to finish the project once begun. And there's the synopsis, which is a Special Hell and not remotely part of my skill set, which is why my first damn novel is still languishing on my hard drive.
But.
This story. I really want to write it. And there's no way it's going to come in at 7,000 words. If I'm very lucky, I can maybe mash it into 10,000.
I don't think I'm that lucky. Not looking at the scope of this thing. This is another "Big Idea" story. Which seems to be what I stick myself with when writing angels and demons. Dammit, I don't even know if there's a market for something like this. Especially as a novel the way I'd write it. It's too secular for the Christian market and too Christian for the secular market.
Remind me again why I thought this was a good idea?
Dude, I could get a novel out of this. No lie.
I have mentioned, have I not, that I'm not a novel writer? Honestly, I'm not even really sure I want to write novels. There's the whole soul-sucking agent hunt that goes with traditional publishing and it takes way too long to finish the project once begun. And there's the synopsis, which is a Special Hell and not remotely part of my skill set, which is why my first damn novel is still languishing on my hard drive.
But.
This story. I really want to write it. And there's no way it's going to come in at 7,000 words. If I'm very lucky, I can maybe mash it into 10,000.
I don't think I'm that lucky. Not looking at the scope of this thing. This is another "Big Idea" story. Which seems to be what I stick myself with when writing angels and demons. Dammit, I don't even know if there's a market for something like this. Especially as a novel the way I'd write it. It's too secular for the Christian market and too Christian for the secular market.
Remind me again why I thought this was a good idea?