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Stephanie Sweeney's avatar

20,000 ish words has been my max out on novel attempts too, until this most recent one on which I’ve broken 30k! Thanks for the encouraging episode as I keep plodding.

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Little Writing Corner's avatar

30,000 Stephanie - yay!!!! Well done, that's fantastic! Rooting for you. x

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Stephanie Sweeney's avatar

Thank you! Nice to be here and be reminded there are lots of us out in the world working on big writing projects.

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Vicky Heath's avatar

My writing projects are small (by choice), with a sweet spot of 1,000-2,000 words. But, much of what you describe in this post can also be applied to planning and completing a piece of short-form fiction, especially figuring out the 'beats' of a story. Weirdly, I often have a strong sense of the crescendo before I even know what the thing is about...

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Little Writing Corner's avatar

Absolutely! It’s definitely a technique I’ve used in short and longer form writing. In the old days, I just used to call it the beginning, the middle and the end lol. I agree too about the crescendo being a key recognition - often where the story presents itself to us, then I go back and write the build up! 👍

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