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I finished another novella

2/2/2014

 
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I finally finished a book I wrote in 2006. It started as a 58,000 word story spanning 21 years; it's now a 28,000 word story spanning 7 years.

How do you go about slashing 30,000 words? With abandon, that's how :-) I had a red pen in my hand, and just scribbled out at least three sub plots and ten characters. In 2006 I thought the story needed a happy ending; in 2014, I realised it just needed a fitting ending.

Now, I'm going to take a couple of days rest, then start on some brand new short stories. It's been ages since I wrote a story, so I'm really look forward to it.

ML Swift link
5/2/2014 05:51:17

Following on Bloglovin'! And I like "fitting" ending rather than "happy" ending. Sometimes that which fits isn't always happy. :)

Annalisa Crawford
5/2/2014 07:53:29

Thanks for the follow. You might find it lonely over here - I really should shout about this place a bit more :-) I rarely write happy endings, which is probably why it felt so odd.


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Annalisa Crawford, Author

Dark contemporary fiction with a hint of paranormal
​"Besides Annalisa's clever writing style, I enjoy the unpredictable plots and the characters that are so very normal, yet tragically broken in some way or another."