Process note...length....

[j_cheney]

This is almost always an issue for me.

I was cuddled up in bed this morning, post shower, and the plot bunny whispered in my ear, its sibilant voice (hissy because with those huge front teeth, you can't help but lisp) saying, "You can make this longer...novel length, even."

Yes, the bunny often says this to me. I offer it lettuce if it will just go away.

Pretty much anything can be stretched to novel length, you know.

I knew this one would be 25K when I started it because there's a lot packed into it. Could I make it 90K? Well, yeah....

Comments

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

:oP Pbbbbbt!

To be perfectly honest, I might finish the first draft, and then ask my first readers for their opinion on that. Seriously, it wouldn't be too hard to fluff. More research, though.

[rflong.livejournal.com]

I'm only doing it cause you laughed at me! ;) As far as I can tell length tends to come from (a) details and (b) subplots. More research usually leads to both! :)

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

So very true.