Epaminondas
Scribe
Hey guys, I'm running into... not necessarily a problem but something I'm concerned about. I thought I might seek advice on it.
So I write by scene as a general rule so that I can skip around in the story as I see fit. My WIP is my big project that has been stewing in the back of my mind for several years so I have a pretty good idea of where I want to go with the thing and probably around 1/4 of the scenes written (mostly early and not edited or cleaned up).
So here's the thing... Like I said this is my big project and the story revolves around a large scale war that encompasses most of the continent. Being large I knew I needed several POV's. I have tried to limit myself to four; one in each major region involved. Two upper class POVs and two "commoners". To keep readers from losing interest in one by the time I make it back to them I generally try to keep to a pattern of
1,2,3,4; 1,3,4,2; 2,3,4,1; etc... and vary the arrangement to keep the tension where I need it .
Now two of these POVs essentially represent a protag and an antag but the other two are away from the fighting early on and have individual storylines that only come into the main war about 1/2 way through. I don't see any way to do these two POVs without at least a couple of others as antagonists for them.
So... in short having a pretty firm outline/first draft of the first 1/3 of the story and I'm up to 30 chapter length POV changes! My POV/Chapter lengths are anywhere from 5000 word avg with one 7500 (will be twice that by the time it's done) battle scene to end the first act.
I don't know how to put into words the exact question I'm trying to ask other than does this length, layout, pacing... whatever seem outrageous to anyone? Am I on the right track or is this monster getting away from me?
I've tried writing each of these stories individually (thats why I know where I want to go with most of them) but none of them felt complete without the other parts of the story so I'd hate to break them up but I don't know. Advice?
So I write by scene as a general rule so that I can skip around in the story as I see fit. My WIP is my big project that has been stewing in the back of my mind for several years so I have a pretty good idea of where I want to go with the thing and probably around 1/4 of the scenes written (mostly early and not edited or cleaned up).
So here's the thing... Like I said this is my big project and the story revolves around a large scale war that encompasses most of the continent. Being large I knew I needed several POV's. I have tried to limit myself to four; one in each major region involved. Two upper class POVs and two "commoners". To keep readers from losing interest in one by the time I make it back to them I generally try to keep to a pattern of
1,2,3,4; 1,3,4,2; 2,3,4,1; etc... and vary the arrangement to keep the tension where I need it .
Now two of these POVs essentially represent a protag and an antag but the other two are away from the fighting early on and have individual storylines that only come into the main war about 1/2 way through. I don't see any way to do these two POVs without at least a couple of others as antagonists for them.
So... in short having a pretty firm outline/first draft of the first 1/3 of the story and I'm up to 30 chapter length POV changes! My POV/Chapter lengths are anywhere from 5000 word avg with one 7500 (will be twice that by the time it's done) battle scene to end the first act.
I don't know how to put into words the exact question I'm trying to ask other than does this length, layout, pacing... whatever seem outrageous to anyone? Am I on the right track or is this monster getting away from me?
I've tried writing each of these stories individually (thats why I know where I want to go with most of them) but none of them felt complete without the other parts of the story so I'd hate to break them up but I don't know. Advice?
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