Lavender
Minstrel
I've written a novel which is about 220,000 words in length. After asking advice from members of this forum and Writing Forums, I've been advised this would generally be too long for publishers to consider.
However, I'm concerned this would be detrimental to the plot as there would be little conclusion in the first half of the story as everything gets wrapped up at the end. Should I consider writing in a few more answers to mysteries etc earlier on in the story so the reader gets at least some sort of conclusion to the plot in the first half/book if I end up dividing the story, or just leave it as it is?
However, I'm concerned this would be detrimental to the plot as there would be little conclusion in the first half of the story as everything gets wrapped up at the end. Should I consider writing in a few more answers to mysteries etc earlier on in the story so the reader gets at least some sort of conclusion to the plot in the first half/book if I end up dividing the story, or just leave it as it is?