I haven't launched my newsletter yet, but wanted to relate something I mentioned in one of my podcasts about story length: size doesn't matter. Sort of. I discovered that I'm a novella-ist and not a novelist. You might consider writing something in the 18k-40k range (novella). It's much less burdensome that building a novel while still being a complete story. In any case, this story would be a great detective/noir/paranormal/fantasy/sci-fi...it's potentially genre-bending. ;)
Yes! I've thought over the last couple of years that how I write is much more suited to a novella length piece. I think you're right that this has great potential to be that long and still be a full, engrossing story. Maybe when I'm not doing homework I can find a time to give this idea the full attention it needs. And good luck launching your newsletter!
I haven't launched my newsletter yet, but wanted to relate something I mentioned in one of my podcasts about story length: size doesn't matter. Sort of. I discovered that I'm a novella-ist and not a novelist. You might consider writing something in the 18k-40k range (novella). It's much less burdensome that building a novel while still being a complete story. In any case, this story would be a great detective/noir/paranormal/fantasy/sci-fi...it's potentially genre-bending. ;)
Yes! I've thought over the last couple of years that how I write is much more suited to a novella length piece. I think you're right that this has great potential to be that long and still be a full, engrossing story. Maybe when I'm not doing homework I can find a time to give this idea the full attention it needs. And good luck launching your newsletter!
Thanks, Claire. I’ll keep an eye out for your work. :)
This was fantastic, Claire! It was really original and a fun read 👍
Thanks so much! It was a fun one to write. The original prompt was so creative!
This one’s a novel. Make it so.
Maybe one day!
Claire, this is brilliant! I hung on every word.
Which group in Reddit provides writing prompts (I know there are several)?
Thanks so much for reading and commenting, Jenise! I use r/writingprompts there's a huge backlog and new prompts are posted all the time.