I feel this! Chronical underwriter here! My longest piece is 60k, but I’m not proud of it. Stretched it as much as I could.
Out of the two excamples I actually enjoyed the longer one more than the shorter one. Because it had a better flow and it gave more information nicely, without being an annoying info dump. If you could’ve done it in the shorter piece, I wouldn’t mind. I’m all for fast paced, punchy stories.
Hey Kathrine, thank you for the comment, what a nice thing to wake up to :)
The longer example is from the last draft, and I had to employ all my neurons to make it flow nicely and be somewhat wordy. I don't want my stories to be just bones, I have to actively work to put some meat on the sentences, and perhaps I'm envious of writers who have the opposite problem. Grass is always greener on the other side, eh.
60k words is a lot! But if you're not proud of it, maybe re-write it? Add some more drama to the plot? I don't know, I'm trying to find answers myself and it's hard for us underwriters out here.
The Dostoevsky I've been reading is Crime and Punishment and I love it so far!
I feel this! Chronical underwriter here! My longest piece is 60k, but I’m not proud of it. Stretched it as much as I could.
Out of the two excamples I actually enjoyed the longer one more than the shorter one. Because it had a better flow and it gave more information nicely, without being an annoying info dump. If you could’ve done it in the shorter piece, I wouldn’t mind. I’m all for fast paced, punchy stories.
I loved The Brothers Karamazov.
Hey Kathrine, thank you for the comment, what a nice thing to wake up to :)
The longer example is from the last draft, and I had to employ all my neurons to make it flow nicely and be somewhat wordy. I don't want my stories to be just bones, I have to actively work to put some meat on the sentences, and perhaps I'm envious of writers who have the opposite problem. Grass is always greener on the other side, eh.
60k words is a lot! But if you're not proud of it, maybe re-write it? Add some more drama to the plot? I don't know, I'm trying to find answers myself and it's hard for us underwriters out here.
The Dostoevsky I've been reading is Crime and Punishment and I love it so far!
Hell yeah
What Dostoyevsky are you going to read? I've been reading house of the dead and that's a banger.
Currently reading Crime and Punishment, next will be Notes from Underground probably. I'm planning on reading all of his work at some point anyway