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ann_leckieI think I'm too used to short fiction.
I started off this whole taking my writing seriously thing with novels. Was intimidated by the whole short story thing. Had a lot of trouble thinking that compactly. When I decided I really ought to attempt it, I felt...hemmed in. I could hardly take a breath it seemed, there was so little room, I was so cramped.
So today I was thinking about one of the novel manuscripts, and thinking of ways to revise it, and thought, "Oh, if I do this thing I'm thinking of, that will take up real-estate, and will there be enough room?"
And then I realized. It's a novel! I have all the room in the world for that kind of thing.
Well. Not really all the room in the world. But, you know, more than a couple thousand words!
I started off this whole taking my writing seriously thing with novels. Was intimidated by the whole short story thing. Had a lot of trouble thinking that compactly. When I decided I really ought to attempt it, I felt...hemmed in. I could hardly take a breath it seemed, there was so little room, I was so cramped.
So today I was thinking about one of the novel manuscripts, and thinking of ways to revise it, and thought, "Oh, if I do this thing I'm thinking of, that will take up real-estate, and will there be enough room?"
And then I realized. It's a novel! I have all the room in the world for that kind of thing.
Well. Not really all the room in the world. But, you know, more than a couple thousand words!