Well, now.
Jan. 27th, 2009 05:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
agilebritI've gotten some feedback for the not!kkbb/im novelthing. Some of it is making me question my entire story-telling technique. Someone hand me a paper bag to breathe into?
On the other hand, I just realized that I've got a three-hour window between one scene and another scene, and I can insert a scene there in which we are introduced to the doctor--and in which not!Harry can wake up, if only briefly. I can give not!Harmony a POV scene and establish their relationship and the utter wreckage of his psyche. Also the shower can take place sooner as well, rather than being shoehorned where it didn't belong and where it still feels somewhat awkward to me. I can also establish why not!Tony went home instead of to the hospital after he got shot in the lung. And I can introduce the wonders of the nanotech that not!Tony's company is at the forefront of developing, and the effects and side-effects
A scene like that also has the advantage of adding a good thousand words to my count--and it's not padding, it's necessary info, so, WIN. Speaking of the wordcount, it's gone up over 87K now (no, I have no idea where those extra words came from), and I should probably update my userinfo page to reflect that. Heh.
On the other hand, I just realized that I've got a three-hour window between one scene and another scene, and I can insert a scene there in which we are introduced to the doctor--and in which not!Harry can wake up, if only briefly. I can give not!Harmony a POV scene and establish their relationship and the utter wreckage of his psyche. Also the shower can take place sooner as well, rather than being shoehorned where it didn't belong and where it still feels somewhat awkward to me. I can also establish why not!Tony went home instead of to the hospital after he got shot in the lung. And I can introduce the wonders of the nanotech that not!Tony's company is at the forefront of developing, and the effects and side-effects
A scene like that also has the advantage of adding a good thousand words to my count--and it's not padding, it's necessary info, so, WIN. Speaking of the wordcount, it's gone up over 87K now (no, I have no idea where those extra words came from), and I should probably update my userinfo page to reflect that. Heh.
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Date: 2009-01-28 03:26 am (UTC)Been there. Done that. It was quite a blow to find out, after spending years writing my fantasy novel, that lots of description and poetic language are quite passe, and any thought of a medieval-style high fantasy is cliche.
If I had worked on finishing it ten years earlier...
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Date: 2009-01-28 04:00 am (UTC)And I'm pretty reconciled to the fact that I probably won't be able to sell it anywhere. But, dammit, is it bad that I'm finding it a little unfair that it might not sell because of modern conventions rather than because the story sucks?