In fact, she features heavily throughout - you find out she's supposedly dead about 1/10 of the way through, but the flashbacks leading up to that...
Wow - thanks everyone for your replies. You've spurred me to push on; I'll be tweaking the discussed characters, but not giving up.
Hi all, So, I've just rewritten from scratch a story I half-wrote when I was 15. I changed a lot, but two things that stayed similar are 2/3 of...
This has really filled me with hope. I considered the same approach - I'm nearing actual 180,000 now (I'm slimming it down from 183,000), and then...
This sounds very wise - I'll follow your advice! Sadly, part 1 would be incomplete without 2 (very much leaving the plot unfinished), but I'll...
I'm a complete unknown - I had a well-reviewed play on at the Edinburgh Fringe once. That's it... The book's a (purposefully) silly fantasy, and...
Thank you! It splits okay - but it really would be 'part one and part two' rather than two whole stories. Is there any precedent for saying 'the...
Hi everyone, I've got a problem I'm sure many of you have faced before. I've written a book, shaved it from 200,000 to 181,000, and am now...
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