Post by scribbliz on Oct 18, 2014 21:32:31 GMT -5
Nikki's Hope is a romance. It's a short story (between 10,000 and 20,000 words). It's due back to the publishing company by nov 10, though my goal is the end of October. It's been an interesting write. First, it's a romance. I don't "do" romance novels. I read them. But writing them isn't my style...or it wasn't anyway. Nikki's Hope has been in my head for some time, pushing to get out. Then I heard about a holiday anthology that my publishing company was planning and Nikki and Kyle suddenly became VERY demanding. At first there was some basic plot, then some romance, then some....more romance...and then dialog. very sweet, affectionate, caring dialogue. but dialog none the less. And then there was more dialog. and more dialog. and MORE dialog. it really seems that once Kyle gets talking the doesn't stop.
So now I have to try to find balance. I'm going to write the story the way they tell it to me, but during re-writes I'm going to have to space out that dialog with some doing. Otherwise i'll have two chapters of just talking....
So now I have to try to find balance. I'm going to write the story the way they tell it to me, but during re-writes I'm going to have to space out that dialog with some doing. Otherwise i'll have two chapters of just talking....