But Will It Be Legendary?
So, here’s the thing…
The Kindle, the Nook, the iPad and eBooks are all big things now. I have some non-fiction eBooks being sold online, but no fiction.
So, I thought I would put something together and put it out there and see how it goes.
My first thought was to put together a collection of short stories and sell that.
Problem is that my short stories are in various genres and don’t really mix together that well.
But, I have an “abandoned” work that I’m hopeful I can finish. You may remember this and this.
Well, I am actually further along on that than I thought. You see, I worked on that (off and on) from 1992 to 1993, and then picked it up again in 1996. I went through several variations, changing point of view and plot and so on. I ended up with something like ten drafts before I gave up on the whole thing and tossed it in the trash. (I later dug it out of the trash.)
At some point along the way, I had mapped out the whole plot of the book, but never could make it work quite right for whatever reason.
I have on my hard drive nearly 3,500 words of the story. But, I pulled out my file and I have more written. And, a lot of what is already written can be rewritten and weaved into the storyline I had already mapped out. Last night, I typed in a couple pages I had in my file, which brought my word count up past 4,900 words. As I typed, I was rewriting, so that section fits right in. I’ll naturally need to do some editing later, but for now I can move on to the next section.
I’m not entirely sure how much of the story I have prewritten. I’m guessing maybe half of the story is complete and the other half needs to be written. Unlike some of my other WIPs, this one is all mapped out with a beginning, middle and end. So, it just needs writing and editing.
The other benefit of this work being so old (and having been through so many drafts) is that I don’t care anymore. Don’t take that the wrong way. I mean that I am not invested in the characters. I’m not married to the plot. And that makes it easier to make changes than when you’re sitting there thinking, well, this needs to happen and this needs to happen. I can look at it with a more objective viewpoint than perhaps I was able to all those years ago.
So, I figure I’ll finish going through all my notes and handwritten work and type it all in, rewriting as I go, and see what that gets me. The way it looks, it may end up being more novella length than novel, but that may be okay. I can wrap it up, get it out there and see if any one buys it and wants to read more of my work.
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